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Definition of ill-timed in English: ill-timedadjective Done or occurring at an inappropriate time. an extremely ill-timed announcement Example sentencesExamples - The criticism was ill-timed, but all we can do is win football games and this performance answered everybody.
- The ambition was laudable but the execution was marred by a series of ill-timed and increasingly expensive acquisitions.
- The April festival has been sunk by an ill-timed deluge of rain.
- The scheme is ill-timed, ill-judged, ill-planned and ill-prepared.
- To use the occasion of his death to launch an attack on one aspect of his policy seems inappropriate, ill-timed, small-minded and tasteless.
- Often those attempting something positive were scythed down by ill-timed interventions.
Synonyms untimely, mistimed, badly timed premature, early, hasty inopportune, inconvenient, awkward, unwelcome inappropriate, unsuitable, inapt disadvantageous, unfavourable, unfortunate, inept
Definition of ill-timed in US English: ill-timedadjective Done or occurring at an inappropriate time. an extremely ill-timed announcement Example sentencesExamples - To use the occasion of his death to launch an attack on one aspect of his policy seems inappropriate, ill-timed, small-minded and tasteless.
- The criticism was ill-timed, but all we can do is win football games and this performance answered everybody.
- The ambition was laudable but the execution was marred by a series of ill-timed and increasingly expensive acquisitions.
- Often those attempting something positive were scythed down by ill-timed interventions.
- The scheme is ill-timed, ill-judged, ill-planned and ill-prepared.
- The April festival has been sunk by an ill-timed deluge of rain.
Synonyms untimely, mistimed, badly timed
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