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English Dictionary: malapropos by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
malapropos
adv
  1. at an inconvenient time; "he arrived inopportunely just as we sat down for dinner"; "she answered malapropos"
    Synonym(s): inopportunely, malapropos
    Antonym(s): opportunely
adj
  1. of an inappropriate or incorrectly applied nature [ant: apropos]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Malapropos \Mal*ap"ro*pos`\, a. & adv. [F. mal [85] propos; mal
      evil + [85] propos to the purpose.]
      Unseasonable or unseasonably; unsuitable or unsuitably.
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