"out of square" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: further out of square [comparative], furthest out of square [superlative]
Head templates: {{en-adj|further}} out of square (comparative further out of square, superlative furthest out of square)
  1. Not square.
    Sense id: en-out_of_square-en-adj-ixASV8yq

Adverb

Forms: more out of square [comparative], most out of square [superlative]
Head templates: {{en-adv}} out of square (comparative more out of square, superlative most out of square)
  1. In a way that's not producing square results.
    Sense id: en-out_of_square-en-adv-qfKznFGu Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 32 68

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