malapropos Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective of an inappropriate or incorrectly applied nature
  2. adverb at an inconvenient time
    inopportunely.
    • he arrived inopportunely just as we sat down for dinner
    • she answered malapropos

WordNet

Mal*ap"ro*pos` adjective & adverb
Etymology
F. mal à propos; mal evil + à propos to the purpose.
Definitions
  1. Unseasonable or unseasonably; unsuitable or unsuitably.

Webster 1913