Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

out of keeping with

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.82 in modern English

Syllables: out- of -keep-ing with
IPA

32

Scrabble Score

16

Letters

4

Syllables

12

Unique Chars

Meaning

prep_phrase

Not in harmony or conformity with.

Example Sentences

"THE CONCISE ENCYCLOPAEDIA OF WORLD RAILWAY LOCOMOTIVES. Edited by P. Ransome-Wallis. Hutchinson. 50s. A gaudy jacket, remarkably out of keeping with the contents, camouflages the weightiest and meatiest work on a railway topic since the war."

Antonyms

in keeping with

Questions

What does out of keeping with mean?: Not in harmony or conformity with.

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