"out of place" meaning in English

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Prepositional phrase

IPA: /ˌaʊt‿əv ˈpleɪs/ [General-American, Received-Pronunciation], /ˌaʊtə-/ [General-American, Received-Pronunciation] Audio: En-au-out of place.ogg [Australia]
Etymology: From out of (preposition) + place (noun). Etymology templates: {{m|en|out of|pos=preposition}} out of (preposition), {{m|en|place|pos=noun}} place (noun) Head templates: {{head|en|prepositional phrase|head=out of place}} out of place
  1. Not in the proper arrangement or situation. Tags: idiomatic Synonyms: dislocated, dystopic, ectopic, heterotopic, malpositioned, misplaced, out of keeping with Derived forms: out-of-place [adjective], out-of-placeness Translations (not in the proper arrangement or situation): yersiz (Azerbaijani), неуместен (neumesten) (Bulgarian), poissa paikaltaan (Finnish), poissa paikoiltaan (Finnish), poissa tolaltaan (english: distressed emotionally) (Finnish), sopimaton (english: inappropriate) (Finnish), déplacé (French), fóra de lugar (Galician), fehl am Platz (German), passar ekki (Icelandic), disambientato (Italian), spaesato (Italian), 場違い (bachigai) (Japanese), неу́месен (neúmesen) (Macedonian), nie na miejscu (Polish), fora do lugar (Portuguese), deslocado (Portuguese), не к ме́сту (ne k méstu) (Russian), некста́ти (nekstáti) (Russian), невпопа́д (nevpopád) [informal] (Russian), på tok (note: used with vara) (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-out_of_place-en-prep_phrase-en:not_in_the_proper_location Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 47 53 Disambiguation of 'not in the proper arrangement or situation': 99 1
  2. Inappropriate for the circumstances. Tags: idiomatic Synonyms: unseemly, unsuitable Related terms (inappropriate for the circumstances): atopic
    Sense id: en-out_of_place-en-prep_phrase-en:inappropriate_for_the_circumstances Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 47 53 Disambiguation of 'inappropriate for the circumstances': 2 98

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