Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

out of place

/ˌaʊ̯t əv ˈpleɪ̯s/

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.62 in modern English

Syllables: out- of -place
IPA: /ˌaʊ̯t əv ˈpleɪ̯s/

17

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

prep_phrase

Not in the proper arrangement or situation.

prep_phrase

Inappropriate for the circumstances.

Example Sentences

"No wonder I couldn’t find it—it was out of place."
"She came in out of the storm with not a hair out of place."
"Amongst all those horsey people I felt quite out of place."
"A Servant out of Place"
"A garden smoothly laid with turf, divided by thick hedges, with raised beds of bright flowers, such as we keep within walls in England, would have been out of place upon the side of this bare hill."
"Watch me dance, dance the night away (uh-huh) I'll still keep the party runnin', not one hair out of place"

Etymology

From out of (preposition) + place (“a fitting position”, noun).

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˌaʊ̯t əv ˈpleɪ̯s/
British English: /ˌaʊ̯t əv ˈpleɪ̯s/

Phrases

out-of-place out-of-placeness

Synonyms

dislocated dystopic ectopic heterotopic malpositioned misplaced out of keeping with unseemly atopic

Antonyms

in keeping with in place appropriate seemly

Questions

How do you pronounce out of place?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˌaʊ̯t əv ˈpleɪ̯s/.
What does out of place mean?: Not in the proper arrangement or situation.
Where does out of place come from?: From out of (preposition) + place (“a fitting position”, noun).

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