If words are used out ofcontext, only asmallseparatepartof what wasoriginallysaid or written isreported, with theresultthattheirmeaningis notclearor is notunderstood:
Thereportertook myremarkscompletelyout ofcontext.
Heclaimedto have beenquotedout ofcontext.
Shestoodby herhusbandandinsistedthat hisremarkshad been taken out ofcontext.
Out ofcontext, thisparagraphmakesabsolutelynosense.
She said that thequotationattributed to her wasaccuratebut out ofcontext.