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[mal-ap-ruh-poh] 
–adjective
| 1. | inappropriate; out of place; inopportune; untimely: a malapropos remark. |
–adverb
| 2. | inappropriately; inopportunely. |
Origin:
1660–70; < F mal à propos badly (suited) to the purpose
1660–70; < F mal à propos badly (suited) to the purpose
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| mal·a·pro·pos (māl'āp-rə-pō') adj. Out of place; inappropriate. adv. In an inappropriate or inopportune manner. [French mal à propos : mal, badly + à propos, to the purpose; see apropos.] |
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Malapropos
Mal*ap"ro*pos`\, a. & adv. [F. mal [`a] propos; mal evil + [`a] propos to the purpose.] Unseasonable or unseasonably; unsuitable or unsuitably.
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