inopportune
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English
Etymology
From Latin inopportūnus.[1] By surface analysis, in- + opportune.
Adjective
inopportune (comparative more inopportune, superlative most inopportune)
- Unsuitable for some particular purpose.
- That was a most inopportune spot for a picnic.
- 1847 October 16, Currer Bell [pseudonym; Charlotte Brontë], chapter III, in Jane Eyre. An Autobiography. , volume II, London: Smith, Elder, and Co., , →OCLC, page 77:
- "It appears I come at an inopportune time, madam," said he, "when my friend, Mr. Rochester, is from home; but I arrive from a very long journey, and I think I may presume so far on old and intimate acquaintance as to install myself here till he returns."
- Happening/occurring at an inconvenient or inappropriate time.
- The inopportune arrival of the bus cut short the interesting conversation.
- 1962 October, G Freeman Allen, “The New Look in Scotland's Northern Division—II”, in Modern Railways, page 170:
- The object is to keep the yard operators apprised of main-line movements, so that they do not plan to occupy the main lines with activity into or out of the yard at an inopportune juncture.
Synonyms
- (unsuitable for some particular purpose): inappropriate, unfit; see also Thesaurus:unsuitable
- (at an inconvenient or inappropriate time): ill-timed, untimely; see also Thesaurus:untimely
Antonyms
- (antonym(s) of “all”): opportune
- (antonym(s) of “unsuitable for some particular purpose”): appropriate, fitting; see also Thesaurus:suitable
- (antonym(s) of “at an inconvenient or inappropriate time”): timely; see also Thesaurus:timely
Translations
unsuitable for some particular purpose
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at an inconvenient or inappropriate time
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References
- ^ “inopportune, adj.”, in OED Online
, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
French
Adjective
inopportune
Italian
Adjective
inopportune f pl
Latin
Adjective
inopportūne