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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (1)

1. of an inappropriate or incorrectly applied nature;


ADVERB (1)

1. at an inconvenient time;
- Example: "he arrived inopportunely just as we sat down for dinner"
- Example: "she answered malapropos"
[syn: inopportunely, malapropos]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

malapropos \mal*ap"ro*pos`\, a. & adv. [F. mal [`a] propos; mal
   evil + [`a] propos to the purpose.]
   Unseasonable or unseasonably; unsuitable or unsuitably.
   [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

malapropos
    adv 1: at an inconvenient time; "he arrived inopportunely just
           as we sat down for dinner"; "she answered malapropos"
           [syn: inopportunely, malapropos] [ant: opportunely]
    adj 1: of an inappropriate or incorrectly applied nature [ant:
           apropos]