out of context

Speech parts

1. out of context - Adjective

2. out of context - Adverb

Meaning

out of context (comparative more out of context, superlative most out of context)

Without context that may be needed for understanding the original meaning.
They took his statements out of context and made him sound like an extremist.

out-of-context (comparative more out-of-context, superlative most out-of-context)

Not in the context necessary to show original meaning.

Alternative names

out-of-context

Examples

Taken out of context I must seem so strange. Ani DiFranco

Some extremists take elements of the sacred scriptures out of context. Cat Stevens

Christians take Scriptures out of context to try to justify or to vindicate retreat and cowardice. Randall Terry

A dinosaur out of context is like a character without a story. Worse than that, the character suffers from amnesia. Jack Horner

I'm not like most designers, who have to set sail on an exotic getaway to get inspired. Most of the time, it's on my walk to work, or sitting in the subway and seeing something random or out of context. Alexander Wang

The dark side of social media is that, within seconds, anything can be blown out of proportion and taken out of context. And it's very difficult not to get swept up in it all. Nicola Formichetti

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