left field

NOUN

limbo

Synonyms

STRONGEST

oblivion

STRONG

Siberia nothingness nowhere

WEAK

demilitarized zone out there

Antonyms

WEAK

certainty certitude sureness surety

ADJECTIVE

inappropriate

Synonyms

STRONGEST

disproportionate improper incorrect irrelevant tasteless unseemly unsuitable wrong

WEAK

bad form foot-in-mouth garbage ill-fitted ill-suited ill-timed inapplicable inapropos incongruous inconsonant indecorous inept left-field malapropos off out of line out of place unbecoming unbefitting undue unfit unfitting unmeet unseasonable untimely way-off wrong number

Antonyms

STRONGEST

appropriate correct decent fitting good moral proper right suitable

WEAK

Example Sentences

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He also patrolled left field and snared a line drive to end the top of the fourth.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 7, 2026

Pinch-hitter Geraldo Perdomo shot a line-drive single off Klein into shallow left field, loading the bases.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 3, 2026

Alex Call, who pinch-hit for Ward in the fifth, also drove in two runs with a single to shallow center left field.

From Los Angeles Times • May 31, 2026

Toney has scored 42 goals for his Saudi Pro League club Al-Ahli this season, not necessarily the acid test of international quality, but this pick has not come from left field.

From BBC • May 22, 2026

And her mother had said, “Ha! Your father is so far off in left field that he wouldn’t recognize love if it stood up in his soup and sang.”

From "Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures" by Kate DiCamillo

left field

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