malapropos
Example Sentences
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This very malapropos visit of Mr. Pickwick to the firm was, as I said, a mistake and damaged his case.
From Bardell v. Pickwick by Fitzgerald, Percy Hethrington
To him the man habitually seemed as malapropos as a spiteful old lady.
From Queed by Crosby, Raymond Moreau
He fancied that the whole incident had been a most unfortunate malapropos, and that Balfour was sinking under shame and confusion.
From Sir Brook Fossbrooke, Volume II. by Lever, Charles James
And Bayle, in his somewhat diffuse discourses, has forgotten himself so far as to do Richeome the honour of annotating him very malapropos.
From Voltaire's Philosophical Dictionary by Voltaire
Your attacks do choose the most malapropos times——" "Oh, dear no, George!
From Frances Waldeaux by Davis, Rebecca Harding
