out of keeping

Idioms and Phrases

see in keeping .

Example Sentences

Allen's moment of snooker perfection in the third frame was out of keeping with a protracted and largely error-strewn affair, which went into Saturday morning.

From BBC

"However, it is wholly out of keeping, in style and in scale, with the other buildings nearby."

From BBC

The palpable sense of anger seems out of keeping for this pretty market town on the edge of the Lincolnshire Wolds.

From BBC

Teddy Jenks dragged wide but the visitors never looked convincing going forward, and were beaten by a goal out of keeping with everything that had gone before.

From BBC

Legal pads Journals give me anxiety, especially if they’re really nice; even picking out a new journal can take all the fun out of keeping one for me.

From New York Times

Related Words

• improper
• inadequate
• inadmissible
• incompatible
• incongruous
• ineligible
• irrelevant
• unacceptable
• unfit
• unsuited