Ill-timed

Ill-timed
Ill-timed Ill"-timed`, a. Done, attempted, or said, at an unsuitable or unpropitious time; occurring at an inappropriate time; as, an ill-timed intervention.

Syn: ill timed(predicate), inappropriate, unseasonable, untimely, wrong, poorly timed, badly timed. [1913 Webster]


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  • ill-timed — ill′ timed′ adj. badly timed; inopportune • Etymology: 1685–95 …   From formal English to slang

  • ill-timed — index improper, inapposite, inapt, inauspicious, inept (inappropriate), inopportune, premature, u …   Law dictionary

  • ill-timed — ADJ GRADED If you describe something as ill timed, you mean that it happens or is done at the wrong time, so that it is damaging or rude. Congressman Rostenkowski argued that the tax cut was ill timed. Syn: inopportune …   English dictionary

  • ill-timed — adjective our ill timed vacation landed us in the worst hit area during the hurricane Syn: untimely, mistimed, badly timed; premature, hasty; inconvenient, inopportune; in, unsuitable, malapropos; unfavorable, unfortunate Ant: timely, opportune …   Thesaurus of popular words

  • ill-timed — adjective badly timed an ill timed intervention you think my intrusion unseasonable an untimely remark it was the wrong moment for a joke • Syn: ↑unseasonable, ↑untimely, ↑wrong …   Useful english dictionary

  • ill-timed — adjective happening, done, or said at the wrong time: His remarks are ill timed and inappropriate …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

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