Meanings
From out of (preposition) + place (noun).[1][2]
How to pronounce "out of place":
AU
Not in the proper arrangement or situation.
Example: "No wonder I couldn’t find it—it was out of place."
Example: "She came in out of the storm with not a hair out of place."
Example: "Amongst all those horsey people I felt quite out of place."
Inappropriate for the circumstances.
Example: "That remark was out of place."
