ill-timed

SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Not expected or planned
abrupt end
abrupt halt
abruptly
abruptness
ad hoc
inadvertence
inadvertency
inadvertent
inadvertently
inconceivable
sharpness
sine die
spirit
spontaneity
spontaneous
unstarry
unsuspected
untoward
unwilled
unwitting

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untimely | American Dictionary

untimely
adjective
us/ʌnˈtɑɪm·li/
(of something bad) happening unexpectedly early or at a time which is not suitable:
A love of fast cars led to his untimely death at the age of 34.

Examples of untimely

untimely
He occupied this position after the untimely death of his father more than a decade and half ago.
The rift is observable up until the writer's untimely death.
His untimely death limited his contributions to the literature of exploration.
His untimely death in 1998, however, means that he cannot clarify his point of view further.
In most cases under discussion the massive sacrifices (of suffering and untimely death) are not freely chosen.
By that more sophisticated standard, the adaptationist research program has done quite well in recent decades, despite premature rumors of its untimely demise.
In fact, before its untimely demise, this system did ultimately provide an instrument for composing audiovisual phenomena as abstract changes over time.
Instead, a multifaceted but specific conceptualisation is employed, namely, vulnerability to a very poor quality of life or to an untimely or degrading death.
In the face of her son's untimely death, his talents and skills became her own.
Along with them, we regret his untimely death.
This is one of several moments at which one's regret for the untimely death of such a committed scholar becomes especially acute.
Given the veritable risk of psychological harm of untimely disclosure, researchers would prefer to conduct studies without providing such sensitive medical information.
This thesis was never examined owing to the tragic and untimely death of the author.
Some students see death as a paradox that appears simultaneously as a source of inspiration and despair, timely and untimely, personal and impersonal.
This led to a rich intellectual output, part pragmatic, part impatient activism and, unfortunately, his untimely death.
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