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malapropos

English

  1. 🔊 of an inappropriate or incorrectly applied nature
  2. 🔊 at an inconvenient time
    “he arrived inopportunely just as we sat down for dinner”

Similar words

inopportunely bad futile ill-adapted ill-advised ill-assorted ill-chosen ill-considered ill-fitted ill-matched ill-seasoned ill-sorted ill-suited ill-timed impolitic improper inadmissible inadvisable inapplicable inapposite inappropriate inapt inauspicious incongruous