untimely (redirected from untimelier)

un·time·ly  (n-tml)

adj. un·time·li·er, un·time·li·est

1. Occurring or done at an inappropriate time; inopportune.

2. Occurring too soon; premature: an untimely death.

adv.

1. Inopportunely.

2. Prematurely.

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un·timeli·ness n.

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untimely [ʌnˈtaɪmlɪ]

adj

1. occurring before the expected, normal, or proper time an untimely death

2. inappropriate to the occasion, time, or season his joking at the funeral was most untimely

adv

prematurely or inopportunely

untimeliness  n

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	untimely - badly timed; "an ill-timed intervention"; "you think my intrusion unseasonable"; "an untimely remark"; "it was the wrong moment for a joke" ill-timed, unseasonable, wrong inopportune - not opportune; "arrived at a most inopportune hour"; "an inopportune visit"
	2.	untimely - uncommonly early or before the expected time; "illness led to his premature death"; "alcohol brought him to an untimely end" premature early - at or near the beginning of a period of time or course of events or before the usual or expected time; "early morning"; "an early warning"; "early diagnosis"; "an early death"; "took early retirement"; "an early spring"; "early varieties of peas and tomatoes mature before most standard varieties"
Adv.	1.	untimely - too soon; in a premature manner; "I spoke prematurely" prematurely

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untimely

adjective

1. early, premature, before time, unseasonable His mother's untimely death had a catastrophic effect on him.
early timely, seasonable

2. ill-timed, inappropriate, badly timed, inopportune, unfortunate, awkward, unsuitable, inconvenient, mistimed, inauspicious Your readers would have seen the article as at best untimely.
ill-timed appropriate, convenient, well-timed, opportune, welcome, suitable, fortunate, auspicious

Translations

untimely [ʌnˈtaɪmlɪ] ADJ (= premature) → prematuro; (= inopportune) → inoportuno

untimely [ʌnˈtaɪmli] adj

(= ill-timed) [visit, arrival, interruption] → inopportun(e)

(= premature) [death] → prématuré(e)

untimely

adj (= premature) death → vorzeitig; end also → verfrüht; (= inopportune) moment → unpassend, ungelegen; development, occurrence → unpassend, ungelegen, zur falschen Zeit; shower, remark → zur falschen Zeit; visit → ungelegen; to come to or meet an untimely end → ein vorzeitiges Ende finden; his arrival was most untimely → seine Ankunft kam sehr ungelegen

untimely [ʌnˈtaɪmlɪ] adj (death, end) → prematuro/a; (remark) → fuori luogo, inopportuno/a
to come to an untimely end (person) → morire prematuramente (project) → naufragare anzitempo