- ill-timed
- ADJ-GRADEDIf 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.
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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 — 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
