inopportune

adj

Etymology

From Latin inopportūnus. By surface analysis, in- + opportune.

  1. borrowed from inopportūnus

Definitions

  1. Unsuitable for some particular purpose.

    • That was a most inopportune spot for a picnic.
  2. Happening/occurring at an inconvenient or inappropriate time.

    • The inopportune arrival of the bus cut short the interesting conversation.
    • 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.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for inopportune. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA