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ill-timed
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WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
adj. badly timed; "an ill-timed intervention"; "you think my intrusion unseasonable"; "an untimely remark"; "it was the wrong moment for a joke" [syn: ill-timed(a) , ill timed(p) , unseasonable , untimely , wrong ]
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
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 ...
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
adjective EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES ▪ His remarks are ill-timed and inappropriate. EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ After an unfortunate and ill-timed brush with the law, it was almost impossible for Marinello to arrest his downward spiral. ▪ Choose your method: ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. Occurring at an unfavourable or inappropriate time; untimely
Usage examples of ill-timed.
My charmer found the opportunity to tell me that I had done wisely in yielding to the ill-timed demand of that harpy, and that as soon as M.
Hall, feeling that her conversational advances were ill-timed, laid the rest of the table things in a quick staccato and whisked out of the room.
This unwonted interruption of the ceremonies clouded many a brow, for the sensibilities of a Venetian noble were quick, indeed, to reprehend the immorality of political discontent, though the conventional dignity of the class suppressed all other ill-timed exhibition of dissatisfaction.
Dasslerond told me the truth, told me that, unless some enemy or ill-timed disease fells me, I can expect to live six decades, perhaps seven or even eight, and that ten decades of life are not unknown among my kind.
The steward alternated between chivvying his drudges out to help un load, and the carter for his ill-timed arrival.
Since the attacks in September, the government in power had done a good job of casting any dissenting opinion as ill-timed and unpatriotic.
This was why satires were always sloppy and ill-timed, with sudden silences and absurd non sequiturs abounding.
But Sheek was aware that her mother held the key to that door and that her voluntary imprisonment might well be abandoned in the face of any ill-timed disrespect.