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out of line
phrase as in aberrant
phrase as in abnormal
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phrase as in boorish
phrase as in criminal
phrase as in culpable
phrase as in derisive
phrase as in disorderly
phrase as in disorderly
phrase as in disrespectful
phrase as in disruptive
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phrase as in guilty
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- accusable
- caught
- censurable
- censured
- chargeable
- condemned
- conscience-stricken
- contrite
- convictable
- criminal
- damned
- delinquent
- depraved
- doomed
- erring
- evil
- felonious
- hangdog
- impeached
- in error
- in the wrong
- incriminated
- iniquitous
- judged
- licentious
- offending
- on one's head
- proscribed
- regretful
- reprehensible
- rueful
- sentenced
- sheepish
- sinful
- wicked
phrase as in illicit
phrase as in impertinent
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- arrogant
- brash
- brassy
- brazen
- contumelious
- discourteous
- disgracious
- flip
- forward
- fresh
- ill-mannered
- impolite
- impudent
- inappropriate
- incongruous
- inquisitive
- insolent
- interfering
- intrusive
- lippy
- meddlesome
- meddling
- nosy
- off base
- offensive
- pert
- presumptuous
- procacious
- prying
- rude
- sassy
- smart
- smart alecky
- uncalled-for
- uncivil
- ungracious
- unmannerly
- unsuitable
phrase as in inappropriate
phrase as in indocile
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- assertive
- bawdy
- disorderly
- drunken
- forward
- fractious
- headstrong
- heedless
- impervious
- impetuous
- imprudent
- impulsive
- incorrigible
- inexorable
- insubordinate
- intemperate
- intractable
- lawless
- mean
- mutinous
- obstinate
- obstreperous
- opinionated
- ornery
- out of control
- perverse
- quarrelsome
- rash
- rebellious
- recalcitrant
- reckless
- refractory
- restive
- riotous
- rowdy
- turbulent
- uncontrollable
- undisciplined
- ungovernable
- unmanageable
- untoward
- unyielding
- violent
- wayward
- wild
- willful
phrase as in insolent
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phrase as in irreverent
phrase as in off base
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phrase as in prohibited
phrase as in ribald
phrase as in risqué
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- X-rated
- amoral
- bawdy
- blue
- breezy
- crude
- daring
- dirty
- earthy
- erotic
- filthy
- foul
- gross
- hot
- immodest
- immoral
- indecent
- indecorous
- indelicate
- indiscreet
- inelegant
- lewd
- lurid
- naughty
- obscene
- off-base
- off-color
- offensive
- offside
- provocative
- purple
- racy
- raw
- ribald
- salacious
- salty
- shady
- sizzling
- smart
- smutty
- spicy
- suggestive
- unrefined
- vulgar
- wanton
- warm
- wicked
phrase as in suspicious
phrase as in truthless
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- counterfactual
- deceitful
- deceptive
- delusive
- deviant
- disloyal
- dissembling
- distorted
- erroneous
- faithless
- fallacious
- false
- fictitious
- forsworn
- hollow
- imprecise
- inaccurate
- inconstant
- incorrect
- inexact
- lying
- meretricious
- misleading
- mistaken
- off
- perfidious
- perjured
- prevaricating
- recreant
- sham
- specious
- spurious
- traitorous
- treacherous
- two-faced
- unfaithful
- unloyal
- unsound
- untrue
- untrustworthy
- untruthful
- wide
- wrong
phrase as in unbefitting
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- abnormal
- at odds
- awkward
- bad form
- discordant
- discrepant
- erroneous
- false
- ill-advised
- ill-timed
- immodest
- imprudent
- inaccurate
- inadmissible
- inadvisable
- inapplicable
- inapposite
- inappropriate
- inapt
- incongruous
- incorrect
- indecent
- indecorous
- indelicate
- inept
- inexpedient
- infelicitous
- inharmonious
- inopportune
- irregular
- ludicrous
- malapropos
- naughty
- odd
- off base
- out of place
- out-of-season
- preposterous
- unapt
- unbecoming
- uncalled-for
- uncomely
- undue
- unfit
- unfitting
- unseasonable
- unseemly
- unsuitable
- unsuited
- untimely
- untoward
- unwarranted
- wrong
phrase as in unruly
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phrase as in unsystematic
phrase as in untrue
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phrase as in wrong
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Example Sentences
Obama also slammed congressional Republicans, whom he said "refuse to buck the president even when they know he is out of line."
Holt noted that the city made sure that its bed-tax rate wouldn’t be out of line compared to competing municipalities.
“I’m in the 10-items-or-less line, and I’ve got 15. The shopper behind me is understandably irate and proceeds to push me out of line,” Rep. Ari Abraham Porth said.
That wasn’t out of line with her immediate predecessor, but it was a smaller margin for error than has been common since the current framework for budgeting was put in place in 2010.
The firm claimed the display had been aimed to promote local mountain culture, but said in its apology that it was "out of line with Arc'teryx's values".
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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