unopportuneadj.
/(ˌ)ʌnˈɒpətjuːn/, /ˌʌnɒpəˈtjuːn/, /(ˌ)ʌnˈɒpətʃuːn/, /ˌʌnɒpəˈtʃuːn/, U.S. /ˌənˌɑpərˈt(j)un/ = inopportune adj.
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the world > time > a suitable time or opportunity > untimeliness > [adjective]
untimec1000
untidya1225
untimesa1300
out of season1377
undue1398
out of time1483
untimeousa1500
importunate1529
inopportune1533
importunea1535
unconvenable1542
intempestive1548
unseasonable1561
untimeable1570
out-of-season1574
untimely1581
unseasoned1589
baldc1590
timeless1590
melancounterous?1602
untimelessa1607
unopportune1653
mistimelyc1680
mistimed1687
ill-timed1692
ill-seasoned1843
unchancy1860
intempestuous1885
unseasonal1935
1653 S. Fisher Παιδοβαπτιζοντες Παιδιζοντες: Baby-baptism ii. 290 Yea its never unopportune or unseasonable for him that hath faith to be acting obedience in one thing or other.
1787 J. Bentham Def. Usury x. 99 The anti-jewish side of it found no unopportune support in a passage of Aristotle.
1802 J. West Infidel Father III. xxviii. 235 Your excusing yourself from that unopportune engagement.
1987 Artibus et Historiae 8 28/2 Embarrassing the Evangelist and troubling him with unopportune questions.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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