Untimely

[ʌn'taɪmlɪ] or [ʌn'taɪmli]

Definition

(a.) Not timely; done or happening at an unnatural, unusual, or improper time; unseasonable; premature; inopportune; as, untimely frosts; untimely remarks; an untimely death.

(adv.) Out of the natural or usual time; inopportunely; prematurely; unseasonably.

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Synonyms and Synonymous

a. Ill-timed, unseasonable, mistimed, inopportune, premature, out of season.

ad. Unseasonably, unsuitably, MALAPROPOS, at an unsuitable time.

Edited by Guthrie

Definition

adj. not timely: before the time premature: unseasonable ill-timed.—adv. (Shak.) before the time: prematurely unseasonably.—n. Untime′liness.—adj. Untime′ous untimely unseasonable.—adv. Untime′ously.

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Examples

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