badly timed

badly timed
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  • Ill-timed — a. Done, attempted, or said, at an unsuitable or unpropitious time; occurring at an inappropriate time; as, an ill timed intervention. Syn: ill timed(predicate), inappropriate, unseasonable, untimely, wrong, poorly timed, badly timed. [1913 Webs …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • ill-timed — [adj] not occurring at a suitable time awkward, badly timed, improper, inappropriate, inconvenient, inept, inopportune, malapropos, mistimed, unbecoming, unbefitting, unfavorable, unseasonable, unseemly, unsuitable, untimely, unwelcome; concept… …   New thesaurus

  • ill-timed — adjective our ill timed vacation landed us in the worst hit area during the hurricane Syn: untimely, mistimed, badly timed; premature, hasty; inconvenient, inopportune; in, unsuitable, malapropos; unfavorable, unfortunate Ant: timely, opportune …   Thesaurus of popular words

  • ill-timed — ill′ timed′ adj. badly timed; inopportune • Etymology: 1685–95 …   From formal English to slang

  • ill-timed — adjective badly timed an ill timed intervention you think my intrusion unseasonable an untimely remark it was the wrong moment for a joke • Syn: ↑unseasonable, ↑untimely, ↑wrong …   Useful english dictionary

  • ill-timed — /il tuymd /, adj. badly timed; inopportune. [1685 95] * * * …   Universalium

  • ill-timed — /ˈɪl taɪmd/ (say il tuymd) adjective badly timed; inopportune …  

  • untimely — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. inopportune, unseasonable; intrusive; inexpedient, early, late, anachronistic. See disagreement, earliness, lateness, inexpedience. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. unseasonable, awkward, ill timed,… …   English dictionary for students

  • Portunes — In Roman mythology, Portunes (alternatively spelled Portumnes or Portunus ) was a god of keys and doors and livestock. He protected the warehouses where grain was stored. Probably because of folk associations between porta gate, door and portus… …   Wikipedia

  • untimely — un·time·ly /ˌən tīm lē/ adj: not timely; esp: not made or filed within a period of time specified by procedural rule an untimely petition un·time·li·ness n untimely adv Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 …   Law dictionary

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