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    malapropos

    malapropos - Dictionary definition and meaning for word malapropos

    Definition
    (adj) of an inappropriate or incorrectly applied nature Definition
    (adv) at an inconvenient time
    Synonyms : inopportunely
    Example Sentence
    • he arrived inopportunely just as we sat down for dinner
    • she answered malapropos
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for malapropos

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a PROPOSal to a girl(named MALA) must always be at APPROPIATE TIME, AND IN APPROPRIATE MANNER/NATURE....tus malapropos meaning can b understood

(mal)means bad..and (apro)apropriate=not apropriate or inapropriate

again the same thing,as she always used the word which conveyed a different meaning. Obviously anything which is not spoken correctly is always inappropriate

mal+appropriate

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