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  • 11turn — turnable, adj. /terrn/, v.t. 1. to cause to move around on an axis or about a center; rotate: to turn a wheel. 2. to cause to move around or partly around, as for the purpose of opening, closing, or tightening: to turn a key; to turn the cap of a …

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  • 12unlucky day — Synonyms and related words: Friday, Friday the thirteenth, appointed lot, astral influences, astrology, bad time, book of fate, constellation, contretemps, cup, destination, destiny, dies funestis, doom, end, evil hour, fatality, fate, foredoom,… …

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  • 13inopportune — [[t]ɪnɒ̱pə(r)tjuːn, AM tu͟ːn[/t]] ADJ GRADED If you describe something as inopportune or if you say that it happens at an inopportune time, you mean that it happens at an unfortunate or unsuitable time, and causes trouble or embarrassment because …

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  • 14hardly — hard|ly W2S2 [ˈha:dli US ˈha:rdli] adv 1.) almost not ▪ My parents divorced when I was six, and I hardly knew my father. ▪ The children were so excited they could hardly speak. ▪ I can hardly believe it. ▪ Hardly anyone (=almost no one) writes to …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 15hardly — adverb 1 almost not: I hadn t seen him for years but he had hardly changed at all. | can/could hardly do sth: The children were so excited they could hardly speak. | I can hardly believe it. | hardly anyone/anything (=almost no one or almost… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 16mistime — verb (T) to do something at the wrong time or at an unsuitable time.: We mistimed a scene where a door slams in my face and I ended up with a broken nose …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 17untimely — [[t]ʌnta͟ɪmli[/t]] 1) ADJ: usu ADJ n If you describe an event as untimely, you mean that it happened earlier than it should, or sooner than you expected. His mother s untimely death had a catastrophic effect on him... Her untimely return could… …

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  • 18unseasonably — ad. Untimely, at an unsuitable time, unsuitably, malapropos …

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  • 19untimely — I. a. Ill timed, unseasonable, mistimed, inopportune, out of season, premature. II. ad. Unseasonably, unsuitably, at an unsuitable time …

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  • 20ill-timed — UK [ˌɪl ˈtaɪmd] / US adjective happening or done at a bad or unsuitable time an ill timed comment …

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