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untimely

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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.

un·timeli·ness n.

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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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"
inopportune - not opportune; "arrived at a most inopportune hour"; "an inopportune visit"
2.untimelyuntimely - uncommonly early or before the expected time; "illness led to his premature death"; "alcohol brought him to an untimely end"
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"

untimely
adjective 1. early, premature, before time, unseasonable << OPPOSITE timely
Translations

untimely [ʌnˈtaɪmlɪ] adjinoportuno; [death] → prematuro
untimely [ʌnˈtaɪmlɪ] adjinopportun(e); [death] → prématuré(e)
untimely [ʌnˈtaɪmlɪ] adj [moment] → unpassend; [arrival] → ungelegen; [death] → vorzeitig
untimely [ʌnˈtaɪmlɪ] adjintempestivo/a, inopportuno/a; [death] → prematuro/a

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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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