malapropos

Out of place

Malapropos means inappropriate or ill-timed—said or done at the wrong moment: His joke about bankruptcy was malapropos, given the company had just announced layoffs.

The word functions as adjective or adverb.

It comes from French for "not to the purpose." Not to be confused with malapropism, which is the comical misuse of a word.

timing

ill-timed

Occurring at wrong moment

inopportuneOccurring at unsuitable time
untimelyOccurring too soon
awkwardLacking grace or ease

mistimed · premature · unseasonable · inconvenient · unfortunate · inauspicious · injudicious · hasty · precipitate · belated

social

tactless

Insensitive in manner

indiscreetLacking prudent restraint
impoliteLacking good manners
improperLacking in propriety

unsuitable · out-of-place · unbecoming · unseemly · indelicate · crass · gauche · blunder · gaffe · breach

irrelevance

off-topic

Unrelated to discussion

tangentialBarely connected to main point
unrelatedHaving no link
inapplicableNot relevant to this

immaterial · extraneous · digression · non-sequitur · disconnected · unfitting · incongruous · misplaced · unconnected · foreign

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