untimely
from
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
untimely
adv 1: too soon; in a premature manner; "I spoke prematurely"
[syn: {prematurely}, {untimely}]
adj 1: badly timed; "an ill-timed intervention"; "you think my
intrusion unseasonable"; "an untimely remark"; "it was
the wrong moment for a joke" [syn: {ill-timed},
{unseasonable}, {untimely}, {wrong}]
2: uncommonly early or before the expected time; "illness led to
his premature death"; "alcohol brought him to an untimely
end" [syn: {premature}, {untimely}]
from
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
128 Moby Thesaurus words for "untimely":
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
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