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

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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

In Hernández’s absence, Alex Call and Ward are expected to share time in left field in what Roberts said won’t be a “complete platoon.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 30, 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

The Gamecocks had runners on first and second with two outs in the second, but Tinsley escaped the inning with a pop-up to left field.

From Los Angeles Times • May 18, 2026

And on the third floor, they had this room that ran the whole length of the house, about as big as left field in Yankee Stadium, which I have walked on, by the way.

From "Okay for Now" by Gary D. Schmidt

left field

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