out of step

1. see under in step.

Example Sentences

In allowing marriages for people under 18, Northern Ireland is out of step with much of the rest of the UK - England and Wales - and the Republic.

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After all, what makes elites elites is partly an acute sensitivity to the risk of being out of step, of saying the wrong thing at the wrong time.

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When Fox was tangling with YouTube TV in August, Fox said Google “continually exploits its outsized influence by proposing terms that are out of step with the marketplace.”

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GM was one of the biggest lobbyists for eliminating California’s ability to set its own emissions standards, which the company said were unrealistic and out of step with consumer preferences.

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The company has called the workers’ request for a 25% salary increase “out of step with today’s economic realities and rising health care costs.”

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Related Words

• conflicting 
• contrary 
• erratic 
• illogical 
• incompatible 
• irreconcilable 
• uncertain 
• unpredictable