untimely
adj/ʌnˈtaɪmli/
Etymology
From Middle English untymely (also earlier untimliche), equivalent to un- + timely. First attested in the early 13th century. Compare Middle Danish utimelig, Old English untídlic (“unreasonable”).
- inherited from untymely
Definitions
At an inopportune time.
- untimely remarks
Early
Early; premature.
- an untimely death
- Untimely blossom! Poor, impatient thing, / That, starting rashly from the sheltering mould, / Bravest the peevish wind and sullen cold, / Mistaking thine own ardors for the spring
Prematurely.
- Tell thee, Macduffe was from his Mothers womb / Untimely ript.
- They light fires under fruit trees to keep the fruit from falling untimely.
- Couldst thou go from us, in thy beauteous June, / Leaving a sense of joy untimely perished, / Of music stilled too soon?
The neighborhood
- synonymuntimeless
- synonymill-timed
- synonymintempestive
- synonyminopportune
- synonymmistimed
- synonymtimeless
- synonymunseasonable
- synonymuntime
- synonymuntimely
- synonymuntimeous
- antonymopportune
- antonymtimely
- neighboruntimeliness
- neighborinopportunely
- neighborinexpedient
- neighborunsuitable
- neighboroverdue
- neighborpremature
Derived
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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA