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left field

NOUN
limbo
Synonyms
STRONGEST
oblivion
STRONG
Siberia nothingness nowhere
WEAK
demilitarized zone out there
Antonyms
WEAK
certainty certitude sureness surety
ADJECTIVE
inappropriate
Synonyms
STRONGEST
disproportionate improper incorrect irrelevant tasteless unseemly unsuitable wrong
WEAK
bad form foot-in-mouth garbage ill-fitted ill-suited ill-timed inapplicable inapropos incongruous inconsonant indecorous inept left-field malapropos off out of line out of place unbecoming unbefitting undue unfit unfitting unmeet unseasonable untimely way-off wrong number
Antonyms
STRONGEST
appropriate correct decent fitting good moral proper right suitable
WEAK
OK

Example Sentences

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In the top of the sixth, he broke a 3-3 tie by sending a hanging slider from closer Jack Champlin over the fence in left field for a two-run home run.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 2, 2026

Certainly, he will be an improvement over Michael Conforto, and allow Teoscar Hernandez to go back to left field.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 17, 2026

But Chalamet's final pick of someone who demonstrated British greatness comes totally out of left field.

From BBC • Dec. 16, 2025

In the last five years alone, a pandemic, an inflation spike and a trade war all appeared out of left field to confound expectations.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 9, 2025

I could tell he felt bad about me thinking that, but it's not like I was just coming from left field with this whole thing.

From "When I Was the Greatest" by Jason Reynolds

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.