out of keeping with

prepositional phrase

Not in harmony or conformity with.

Opposite
in keeping with
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Meanings

prepositional phrase
  1. Not in harmony or conformity with.

    THE CONCISE ENCYCLOPAEDIA OF WORLD RAILWAY LOCOMOTIVES. Edited by P. Ransome-Wallis. Hutchinson. 50s. A gaudy jacket, remarkably out of keeping with the contents, camouflages the weightiest and meatiest work on a railway topic since the war.

    1960 January, “New reading on railways”, in Trains Illustrated, page 26

Synonyms & antonyms

Opposite
in keeping with
Also see
out of place
Cite this entry
APA

out of keeping with. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/out%20of%20keeping%20with

MLA

“out of keeping with.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/out%20of%20keeping%20with. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “out of keeping with,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/out%20of%20keeping%20with.

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