left-field
Strangely out there
Left-field describes something unexpected, unconventional, or seemingly random.
The term comes from baseball, where left field is distant from home plate and the main action.
A left-field question catches you off guard.
A left-field idea seems to come from nowhere.
Something out of left field is completely unanticipated: That suggestion came out of left field.
Causing mild shock
- unconventionalDeparting from standard practice
- unorthodoxContrary to accepted practice
- curveballPitch with spin-induced arc
- blindsideSurprise with unexpected force
offbeat · oddball · wild · quirky · eccentric · outlandish · bizarre · strange
surprising
Causing mild shock
- unconventionalDeparting from standard practice
- unorthodoxContrary to accepted practice
- curveballPitch with spin-induced arc
blindside · offbeat · oddball · wild · quirky · eccentric · outlandish · bizarre · strange · peculiar
position
Location or stance
corner · wall · deep · shallow · grass · territory · defensive · bleachers · stands · lineup
- unconventionalunconventional, nontraditional, nonconformist, unorthodox, offbeat
- strangenessodd, weird, strange, bizarre, peculiar
left-fieldmainstream
Dominant cultural current
conventional · orthodox · traditional · standard · normal
left-fieldpredictable
Able to be foreseen
expected · foreseeable · anticipated · unsurprising · obvious
left, field, leftward, leftmost, lefty, fields, fielded, fielding, fielder