Ill-timed
1Ill-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 Webs …
2ill-timed — adj happening, done, or said at the wrong time ≠ ↑well timed ▪ His remarks were ill timed …
3ill-timed — [ ,ıl taımd ] adjective happening or done at a bad or inappropriate time: an ill timed comment ─ opposite WELL TIMED …
4ill-timed — [il′tīmd′] adj. coming or done at the wrong time; inopportune [an ill timed remark] …
5ill-timed — [adj] not occurring at a suitable time awkward, badly timed, improper, inappropriate, inconvenient, inept, inopportune, malapropos, mistimed, unbecoming, unbefitting, unfavorable, unseasonable, unseemly, unsuitable, untimely, unwelcome; concept… …
6ill-timed — ill′ timed′ adj. badly timed; inopportune • Etymology: 1685–95 …
7ill-timed — index improper, inapposite, inapt, inauspicious, inept (inappropriate), inopportune, premature, u …
8ill-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 …
9ill-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 …
10ill-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 …
