untimely as an adjective: - 1
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as a adverb: - 1
untimely
adjective
1 untimely
Badly timed:
— An untimely remark.
synonyms: ill-timed, unseasonable, wrong.
Roget 135:
ill-timed,
mistimed;
ill-fated,
ill-omened,
ill-starred;
untimely,
unseasonable;
out of date,
out of season;
inopportune,
timeless,
intrusive,
untoward,
mal a propos [Fr.],
unlucky,
inauspicious,
infelicitous,
unbefitting,
unpropitious,
unfortunate,
unfavorable;
unsuited
etc.
24;
inexpedient
etc.
647.
unpunctual
etc.
(late)
133;
too late for;
premature
etc.
(early)
132;
too soon for;
wise after the event,
monday morning quarterbacking,
twenty-twenty hindsight.
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Roget 133:
late,
tardy,
slow,
behindhand,
serotine†,
belated,
postliminious†,
posthumous,
backward,
unpunctual,
untimely;
delayed,
postponed;
dilatory
etc.
(slow)
275;
delayed
etc.
v.;
in abeyance.
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2 untimely
Uncommonly early or before the expected time:
— Alcohol brought him to an untimely end.
synonym: premature.
adverb
1 untimely
Moby thesaurus: a bit previous, advanced, arrested, back, backward, bad, behindhand, belated, blocked, delayed, delayed-action, detained, far ahead, forward, futile, half-baked, half-cocked, hasty, held up, hung up, ill-adapted, ill-advised, ill-assorted, ill-chosen, ill-considered, ill-fitted, ill-matched, ill-seasoned, ill-sorted, ill-suited, ill-timed, impolitic, improper, impulsive, in a bind, in abeyance, inadmissible, inadvisable, inapplicable, inapposite, inappropriate, inapt, inauspicious, incongruous, inconvenient, inept, inexpedient, infelicitous, inopportune, intempestive, intrusive, irrelevant, jammed, late, latish, mal a propos, maladjusted, malapropos, misjoined, mismatched, mismated, misplaced, mistimed, moratory, never on time, not firm, obstructed, off base, out of character, out of joint, out of keeping, out of line, out of phase, out of place, out of proportion, out of season, out of time, out of tune, overdue, overhasty, oversoon, precipitate, precocious, premature, previous, retarded, rushed, slow, soon, stopped, tardy, too early, too late, too soon, unadapted, unapt, unbecoming, unbefitting, uncrystallized, undesirable, undue, unfavorable, unfit, unfitted, unfitting, unfortunate, unhandy, unhappy, unjelled, unlucky, unmatured, unmeditated, unmeet, unpremeditated, unprepared, unprofitable, unpropitious, unpunctual, unqualified, unready, unripe, unseasonable, unseemly, unsuitable, unsuited, untoward, unwise, wrong ... show more.
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