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ill-timed

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ill-timed (ltmd)
adj.
Done or occurring at an inappropriate time; untimely.
ill-timed
Adjective
done or happening at an unsuitable time
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Adj.1.ill-timed - badly timed; "an ill-timed intervention"; "you think my intrusion unseasonable"; "an untimely remark"; "it was the wrong moment for a joke"
untimely, unseasonable, wrong
inopportune - not opportune; "arrived at a most inopportune hour"; "an inopportune visit"
Translations
Spanish ill-timed [ɪlˈtaɪmd] adj → inoportuno
French ill-timed [ɪlˈtaɪmd] adj → inopportun(e)
German ill-timed [ɪlˈtaɪmd] adj → ungelegen, unpassend
Italian ill-timed [ɪlˈtaɪmd] adj → intempestivo/a, inopportuno/a
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This was a most ill-timed and discouraging blow, but Mr.
Astoria or Anecdotes of an enterprise beyond the Rocky Mountains by Irving, Washington View in context
He then told me, mixing in his speech a few insolent compliments and ill-timed expressions of tenderness, to which I listened with perfect indifference, that my daughter had acquainted him with some circumstances concerning herself, Sir James, and me which had given him great uneasiness.
Lady Susan by Austen, Jane View in context
In this frame of mind and body, she was in no humour to receive Henry's ill-timed addresses with favour, or even with patience: she plainly and positively refused to listen to him.
The Haunted Hotel by Collins, Wilkie View in context
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