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单词 inopportune
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inopportuneadj.

/ɪnˌɒpəˈtjuːn//ɪnˈɒpətjuːn//ɪnˌɒpəˈtʃuːn//ɪnˈɒpətʃuːn/
Etymology: < late Latin inopportūnus unfitting, < in- (in- prefix4) + opportūnus opportune adj. and adv. Compare modern French inopportun. Rare until 19th cent.; no quot. in Johnson or Todd.
Not opportune; inappropriate or inconvenient, esp. with regard to time; unsuited to the occasion; unseasonable.
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the world > time > a suitable time or opportunity > untimeliness > [adjective]
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inopportune1533
importunea1535
unconvenable1542
intempestive1548
unseasonable1561
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out-of-season1574
untimely1581
unseasoned1589
baldc1590
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melancounterous?1602
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mistimelyc1680
mistimed1687
ill-timed1692
ill-seasoned1843
unchancy1860
intempestuous1885
unseasonal1935
1533 J. Bellenden tr. Livy Hist. Rome (1822) v. 395 Sic inoportune and cruel servitude..wes nocht commandit to us during the empire of kingis.
a1555 D. Lindsay Tragedie in Dialog Experience & Courteour (1559) sig. Sviij On ȝow Prencis, for vndescreit geuyng..And we, for our Inoportune askyng.
1649 Bp. J. Taylor Great Exemplar iii. xv. 102 An indisposed body, or an inopportune education or evil customes superinduce variety and difference.
1869 W. E. H. Lecky Hist. European Morals I. xi. 311 Turbulent and inopportune in their demands.
1869 Daily News 13 Dec. That the proclamation of the dogma of the infallibility of the Pope is a question which would be inopportune to revive.
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