Inopportune
[ɪn'ɒpətjuːn;,ɪnɒpə'tjuːn] or [ɪn,ɑpɚ'tun]
Definition
(adj.) not opportune; 'arrived at a most inopportune hour'; 'an inopportune visit' .
Editor: Marilyn--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Not opportune; inconvenient; unseasonable; as, an inopportune occurrence, remark, etc.
Checker: Scott
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Unseasonable, untimely, inconvenient, unsuitable, unfit, ill-timed, not opportune.
Typist: Ted
Synonyms and Antonyms
[See OPPORTUNE]
Checked by Harriet
Definition
adj. unseasonable in time.—adv. Inopportune′ly.—n. Inopportūn′ity.
Typed by Kate
Examples
- What he sought was a perfectly uniform and homogeneous carbon, one like the One-Hoss Shay, that had no weak spots to break down at inopportune times. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- It seemed a strangely inopportune moment for a proud member of a proud race to unbend in casual conversation with a captor. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
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