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- phrase Used other than as an idiom: see
out of ,line . - phrase idiomatic
Inappropriate orunsuitable , especially by reason of beingunmannerly orindelicate .
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synonyms (128)
Words with the same meaning
- aberrant
- abnormal
- abominable
- approximate
- approximative
- atrocious
- bad
- criminal
- delinquent
- deviant
- disgraceful
- disorderly
- disruptive
- evil
- hardly the thing
- ignominious
- ill-adapted
- ill-assorted
- ill-chosen
- ill-considered
- ill-fitted
- ill-matched
- ill-seasoned
- ill-sorted
- ill-suited
- ill-timed
- illegal
- imprecise
- improper
- inaccurate
- inadmissible
- inapplicable
- inapposite
- inappropriate
- inapt
- inauspicious
- inconvenient
- incorrect
- indecorous
- inept
- inexact
- inexpedient
- infamous
- infelicitous
- inopportune
- intempestive
- intrusive
- irrelevant
- late
- lax
- loose
- mal a propos
- maladjusted
- malapropos
- misbehaving
- misjoined
- mismatched
- mismated
- misplaced
- mistimed
- naughty
- negligent
- not done
- not respectable
- not the thing
- off base
- off-base
- off-color
- out of character
- out of joint
- out of keeping
- out of order
- out of phase
- out of place
- out of plumb
- out of proportion
- out of season
- out of square
- out of step
- out of time
- out of true
- out of tune
- out of turn
- out-of-line
- premature
- rowdy
- rowdyish
- ruffianly
- sacrilegious
- scandalous
- shameful
- shameless
- sinful
- terrible
- too late
- too soon
- unadapted
- unapt
- unbecoming
- unbefitting
- unbehaving
- undue
- unfactual
- unfavorable
- unfit
- unfitted
- unfitting
- unfortunate
- unhandy
- unhappy
- unlawful
- unlucky
- unprecise
- unpropitious
- unqualified
- unready
- unrighteous
- unrigorous
- unripe
- unseasonable
- unseemly
- unsuitable
- unsuited
- untimely
- untoward
- wicked
- wrong
- wrongful
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