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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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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

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

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

When the Warriors were at bat, I went over to her bench and asked her if she felt like playing left field.

From "Nine Stories" by J. D. Salinger