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Couplet oaf composed is inappropriate (3,2,5)

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I believe the answer is:

out of place

'inappropriate' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'couplet oaf composed' is the wordplay.
'composed' is an anagram indicator.
'couplet'+'oaf'='coupletoaf'
'coupletoaf' is an anagram of 'OUT-OF-PLACE'.

'is' is the link.

(Other definitions for out of place that I've seen before include "inappropriate" , "needing to be elsewhere" , "Not suited to the occasion" , "incongruous" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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