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untimely Adjective 1. occurring before the expected or normal time: his untimely death 2. inappropriate to the occasion or time: an untimely idea to raise at the United Nations untimeliness n
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untimely adjective 2. ill-timed, inappropriate, badly timed, inopportune, unfortunate, awkward, unsuitable, inconvenient, mistimed, inauspicious << OPPOSITE well-timed Translations |
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| As in decapitating the whale, the operator's instrument is brought close to the spot where an entrance is subsequently forced into the spermaceti magazine; he has, therefore, to be uncommonly heedful, lest a careless, untimely stroke should invade the sanctuary and wastingly let out its invaluable contents. An untimely joke is a source of bitter regret always. She was immediately buried, but had not been in her untimely grave but a few hours before she was taken up and examined by the cor- oner, who decided that she had come to her death by severe beating. |
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