inopportunistn.adj.
/ɪnˌɒpəˈtjuːnɪst/ A. n.
One who believes a policy or course of action to be inopportune; esp. one who, on that ground, opposed the doctrine of Papal Infallibility at the Vatican Council, 1870; one opposed to the policy of opportunists (see opportunist n. 1).
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inopportunist1880
1880 Daily News 12 Nov. 4/8 Discontented Republicans who are now associating themselves with that extreme Inopportunist.
1883 P. Schaff et al. Relig. Encycl. II. 1077 Those who opposed the doctrine of papal infallibility..only from inexpediency, deeming it inopportune..were called also inopportunists.
1885 J. Gillow Literary & Biogr. Hist. Eng. Catholics II. 42 Previous to and during the sitting of the Œcumenical Council of the Vatican, he was a decided Inopportunist.
B. adj.
Of or belonging to the inopportunists.
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inopportunist1888
1888 Pall Mall Gaz. 19 July 11/1 The Inopportunist Party.
1895 E. S. Purcell Life Cardinal Manning II. xvi. 416 A well-known leader of the Inopportunist or Opposition party.
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