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

Example Sentences

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But overnight, he has seemingly forgotten how to hit the ball in the air—especially to left field, where righty-swinging home-run hitters tend to do the most damage.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 12, 2026

Rushing’s 385-foot blast to left field and Teoscar Hernández’s RBI single made it 9-1 in the eighth.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 20, 2026

A few moments like an accidental death or the wild introduction of an aquatic character are so wonderfully out of left field they make one’s head spin.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 6, 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

We stopped a distance from it, maybe the distance from home plate to the left field fence in a regular stadium.

From "Fallen Angels" by Walter Dean Myers

left field

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