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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | beside the point |
| Synonyms: | extraneous, foreign, garbage, immaterial, impertinent, inapplicable, inapposite, inappropriate, inappurtenant, inapropos, inapt, inconsequent, inconsequential, insignificant, not connected with, not germane, not pertaining to, off the point, off the topic, out of order, out of place, outside, pointless, remote, trivial, unapt, unconnected, unimportant, unnecessary, unrelated, without reference |
| Antonyms: | appropriate, necessary, pertinent, related, relevant |
| Main Entry: | on the blink |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not working continuously |
| Synonyms: | bonkers, broken, busted, defective, disabled, down, fallen apart, faulty, gone to pieces, haywire, in disrepair, in need of repair, in the shop, inoperable, kaput, kerflooey, not functioning, not working, on the fritz, on the fritz, on the shelf, out, out of commission, out of commission, out of kilter, out of kilter, out of order, out of whack, out of whack, run-down, shot, spent, wrecked |
| Main Entry: | wrong |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | incorrect |
| Synonyms: | amiss, askew, astray, at fault, awry, bad, counterfactual, defective, erratic, erring, erroneous, fallacious, false, faulty, fluffed, goofed, in error, inaccurate, inexact, miscalculated, misconstrued, misfigured, misguided, mishandled, mistaken, not precise, not right, not working, off-target, on the wrong track, out, out of commission, out of line, out of order, perverse, rotten*, sophistical, specious, spurious, ungrounded, unsatisfactory, unsound, unsubstantial, untrue, wide |
| Antonyms: | correct, right |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | jammed |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | stuck fast |
| Synonyms: | barred, blocked, caught, clogged, fast, fastened, fixed, frozen, immovable, lodged, malfunctioning, obstructed, out of order, sandwiched, stiff, swollen, trammeled, unworkable, warped, wedged |
| Antonyms: | clear, loose, operating |
| Main Entry: | out of commission |
| Part of Speech: | adjective, adverb |
| Definition: | not working |
| Synonyms: | decommissioned, down, faulty, in repair, kaput, not in service, out of kilter, out of order, out of whack |
| Main Entry: | on the fritz |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | in disrepair |
| Synonyms: | bonkers, broken, faulty, haywire, inoperable, kerflooey, malfunctioning, not working, on the blink, on the bum, out of commission, out of kilter, out of order, out of whack |
| Main Entry: | higgledy-piggledy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | confused |
| Synonyms: | anarchic, blurred, chaotic, disarranged, disordered, disorderly, disorganized, haywire, helter-skelter, in a muddle, in disarray, involved, jumbled, messy, miscalculated, miscellaneous, mistaken, misunderstood, obscured, out of order, snafu, snarled, top |
| Main Entry: | boorish |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | crude, awkward |
| Synonyms: | bad-mannered, barbaric, bearish, cantankerous, churlish, cloddish, clodhopping, clownish, clumsy, coarse, countrified, gross*, gruff, ill-bred, ill-mannered, impolite, inurbane, loud, loutish, lowbred, oafish, ornery, out-of-line, out-of-order, provincial, rough, rude, rustic, swinish, tasteless, ugly, uncivilized, uncouth, uncultured, uneducated, ungracious, unpoised, unpolished, unrefined, vulgar |
| Antonyms: | charming, cultured, exciting, polite, refined, sophisticated |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | disorderly |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | causing trouble; unlawful |
| Synonyms: | boisterous, disobedient, disruptive, drunk, fractious, indisciplined, intemperate, noisy, obstreperous, off-base, on-a-tear, out-of-line, out-of-order, raucous, rebellious, refractory, riotous, rowdy, stormy, termagant, tumultous/tumultuous, turbulent, uncompliant, uncontrollable, ungovernable, unmanageable, unruly, wayward |
| Antonyms: | behaved, conforming, disciplined, manageable, orderly, well-behaved |
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