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Ill-timed

Done, attempted, or said, at an unsuitable or unpropitious time.

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Inopportune 84% connected

Not opportune; inconvenient; unseasonable; as, an inopportune occurrence, remark, etc.

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Inopportune 84% connected

Not opportune; inconvenient; unseasonable; as, an inopportune occurrence, remark, etc.

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Unseasonable 92% connected

Not seasonable; being, done, or occurring out of the proper season; ill-timed; untimely; too early or too late; as, he called at an unseasonable hour…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Untimely 92% connected

Not timely; done or happening at an unnatural, unusual, or improper time; unseasonable; premature; inopportune; as, untimely frosts; untimely remarks…

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Wrong 92% connected

imp. of Wring. Wrung.

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Access time noun · 78% connection

(computer science) the interval between the time data is requested by the system and the time the data is provided by the drive; "acce…

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Adverse adjective · 78% connection

In hostile opposition to; unfavorable; unpropitious; contrary to one's wishes; unfortunate; calamitous; afflictive; hurtful; as, adver…

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Assault noun · 78% connection

a threatened or attempted physical attack by someone who appears to be able to cause bodily harm if not stopped

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Attemptable adjective · 78% connection

Capable of being attempted, tried, or attacked.

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Attentat noun · 78% connection

Any step wrongly innovated or attempted in a suit by an inferior judge.

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Averted adjective · 78% connection

Turned away, esp. as an expression of feeling; also, offended; unpropitious.

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Cerinthian noun · 78% connection

One of an ancient religious sect, so called from Cerinthus, a Jew, who attempted to unite the doctrines of Christ with the opinions of…

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Clubhaul verb · 78% connection

To put on the other tack by dropping the lee anchor as soon as the wind is out of the sails (which brings the vessel's head to the win…

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Confederate adjective · 78% connection

Of or pertaining to the government of the eleven Southern States of the United States which (1860-1865) attempted to establish an inde…

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Deed verb · 78% connection

That which is done or effected by a responsible agent; an act; an action; a thing done; -- a word of extensive application, including,…

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Disaster noun · 78% connection

An unpropitious or baleful aspect of a planet or star; malevolent influence of a heavenly body; hence, an ill portent.

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Disastrous adjective · 78% connection

Full of unpropitious stellar influences; unpropitious; ill-boding.

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Enterprise noun · 78% connection

That which is undertaken; something attempted to be performed; a work projected which involves activity, courage, energy, and the like…

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Evil adjective · 78% connection

Producing or threatening sorrow, distress, injury, or calamity; unpropitious; calamitous; as, evil tidings; evil arrows; evil days.

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Fact noun · 78% connection

The assertion or statement of a thing done or existing; sometimes, even when false, improperly put, by a transfer of meaning, for the…

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Favorless adjective · 78% connection

Unpropitious; unfavorable.

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Foul superl. · 78% connection

Not favorable; unpropitious; not fair or advantageous; as, a foul wind; a foul road; cloudy or rainy; stormy; not fair; -- said of the…

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Impropitious adjective · 78% connection

Unpropitious; unfavorable.

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