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/il"tuymd"/, adj.badly timed; inopportune.[1685-95]
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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 happening, done, or said at the wrong time ≠ ↑well timed ▪ His remarks were ill timed … Dictionary of contemporary English
ill-timed — [ ,ıl taımd ] adjective happening or done at a bad or inappropriate time: an ill timed comment ─ opposite WELL TIMED … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
ill-timed — [il′tīmd′] adj. coming or done at the wrong time; inopportune [an ill timed remark] … English World dictionary
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 — ill′ timed′ adj. badly timed; inopportune • Etymology: 1685–95 … From formal English to slang
ill-timed — index improper, inapposite, inapt, inauspicious, inept (inappropriate), inopportune, premature, u … Law dictionary
ill-timed — ADJ GRADED If you describe something as ill timed, you mean that it happens or is done at the wrong time, so that it is damaging or rude. Congressman Rostenkowski argued that the tax cut was ill timed. Syn: inopportune … English dictionary
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 — 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 — adjective happening, done, or said at the wrong time: His remarks are ill timed and inappropriate … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
