Meaning of INOPPORTUNE
| Pronunciation: | | in`âpur'toon
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| | Definition: | | [adj] not opportune; "arrived at a most inopportune hour"; "an inopportune visit" |
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| | Synonyms: | | ill timed(p), ill-timed(a), inconvenient, unseasonable, untimely, wrong |
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| | Antonyms: | | opportune | | |
| | See Also: | | disadvantageous, harmful | |
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| | Definition: | | \In*op`por*tune"\, a. [L. inopportunus: cf. F.
inopportun. See {In-} not, and {Opportune}.]
Not opportune; inconvenient; unseasonable; as, an inopportune
occurrence, remark, etc.
No visit could have been more inopportune. --T. Hook.
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| | Related Terms: | | bad, futile, ill-advised, ill-considered, ill-seasoned, ill-suited, ill-timed, impolitic, improper, inadvisable, inappropriate, inapt, inauspicious, incongruous, inconvenient, inept, inexpedient, infelicitous, intempestive, intrusive, irrelevant, late, mal a propos, malapropos, mistimed, off base, out of line, out of phase, out of place, out of time, premature, too late, too soon, unbefitting, undesirable, unfavorable, unfit, unfitting, unfortunate, unhandy, unhappy, unlucky, unmeet, unprofitable, unpropitious, unready, unripe, unseasonable, unseemly, unsuitable, untimely, untoward, unwise, wrong |
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