malapropos
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And he permitted himself a little blaspheming on his own account, for the visitor, as Ste. Marie had said, came most malapropos, and, besides, he disliked Miss Benham's uncle.
From Jason by Justus Miles Forman
I rushed over towards her, and when close was about to say impulsively, “Why did you leave your tomb?” when it suddenly struck me that the question would be malapropos and embarrassing in many ways.
From The Lady of the Shroud by Bram Stoker
"A caller would come singularly malapropos just now," said he.
From Jason by Justus Miles Forman
On the other hand, never express dissatisfaction with a response, however absurd or malapropos it may be.
From The Measurement of Intelligence An Explanation of and a Complete Guide for the Use of the Stanford Revision and Extension of the Binet-Simon Intelligence Scale by Ellwood Patterson Cubberley
You’ll have to pardon my cursedly malapropos appearance.
From A Daughter of Raasay A Tale of the '45 by Stuart Travis
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