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inopportune

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in·op·por·tune  (n-pr-tn, -tyn)
adj.
Inappropriate or ill-timed; not opportune.
in·oppor·tunely adv.
in·oppor·tuneness n.
inopportune
Adjective
badly timed or inappropriate
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.inopportune - not opportune; "arrived at a most inopportune hour"; "an inopportune visit"
disadvantageous - constituting a disadvantage
opportune - suitable or at a time that is suitable or advantageous especially for a particular purpose; "an opportune place to make camp"; "an opportune arrival"
Translations
inopportune [ɪnˈɔpətjuːn] adj → inoportuno
inopportune [ɪnˈɔpətjuːn] adj → inopportun(e)
inopportune [ɪnˈɔpətjuːn] adj → unangebracht;
(moment) → ungelegen
inopportune [ɪnˈɔpətjuːn] adj → inopportuno/a


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Nothing indeed could have happened so very inopportune as this accident; the most wanton malice of fortune could not have contrived such another stratagem to confound the poor fellow, while he was so triumphantly descanting on the good morals inculcated by his exhibitions.
The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling by Fielding, Henry View in context
"We all," the Duchess continued, "look upon your husband's arrival as inopportune and unfortunate.
The Yellow Crayon by Oppenheim, E. Phillips View in context
But that perversity, which all children have more or less of, and of which little Pearl had a tenfold portion, now, at the most inopportune moment, took thorough possession of her, and closed her lips, or impelled her to speak words amiss.
The Scarlet Letter by Hawthorne, Nathaniel View in context
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