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Definitions

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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Trout almost ended the pitchers’ duel in the bottom of the sixth inning after sharply hitting a fly ball to left field but Arozarena tracked it down.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 4, 2026

With the Dodgers signing four-time All-Star Kyle Tucker to a four-year, $240 million contract over the winter, Hernández will return to left field.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 18, 2026

Mosaku: Ryan explained the movie to me in and around the scene, and my mind was blown because it made complete sense, but it came completely out of left field for me.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 18, 2025

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

From BBC • Dec. 16, 2025

And her mother had said, “Ha! Your father is so far off in left field that he wouldn’t recognize love if it stood up in his soup and sang.”

From "Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures" by Kate DiCamillo