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Untimely

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

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Early 84% connected

Soon; in good season; seasonably; betimes; as, come early.

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Early 84% connected

Soon; in good season; seasonably; betimes; as, come early.

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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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Ill-timed 92% connected

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

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Premature 92% connected

Mature or ripe before the proper time; as, the premature fruits of a hotbed.

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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…

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Wrong 92% connected

imp. of Wring. Wrung.

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Apology noun · 78% connection

An acknowledgment intended as an atonement for some improper or injurious remark or act; an admission to another of a wrong or discour…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: timely, done, happening, unnatural, unusual.
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Contretemps noun · 78% connection

An unexpected and untoward accident; something inopportune or embarrassing; a hitch.

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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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Epigene adjective · 78% connection

Foreign; unnatural; unusual; -- said of forms of crystals not natural to the substances in which they are found.

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Equinoctial adjective · 78% connection

Pertaining to the time when the sun enters the equinoctial points; as, an equinoctial gale or storm, that is, one happening at or near…

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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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Force noun · 78% connection

To exert to the utmost; to urge; hence, to strain; to urge to excessive, unnatural, or untimely action; to produce by unnatural effort…

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Forced adjective · 78% connection

Done or produced with force or great labor, or by extraordinary exertion; hurried; strained; produced by unnatural effort or pressure;…

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Frostweed noun · 78% connection

perennial of the eastern United States having early solitary yellow flowers followed by late petalless flowers; so-called because ice…

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Frostwort noun · 78% connection

perennial of the eastern United States having early solitary yellow flowers followed by late petalless flowers; so-called because ice…

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Hypnotism noun · 78% connection

A form of sleep or somnambulism brought on by artificial means, in which there is an unusual suspension of some powers, and an unusual…

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Importunee adjective · 78% connection

Inopportune; unseasonable.

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Improper adjective · 78% connection

Not proper; not suitable; not fitted to the circumstances, design, or end; unfit; not becoming; incongruous; inappropriate; indecent;…

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Impropriety noun · 78% connection

That which is improper; an unsuitable or improper act, or an inaccurate use of language.

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Inconvenient adjective · 78% connection

Not convenient; giving trouble, uneasiness, or annoyance; hindering progress or success; uncomfortable; disadvantageous; incommodious;…

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Inexpedient adjective · 78% connection

Not expedient; not tending to promote a purpose; not tending to the end desired; inadvisable; unfit; improper; unsuitable to time and…

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Infrequent adjective · 78% connection

Seldom happening or occurring; rare; uncommon; unusual.

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Intrude verb · 78% connection

To thrust one's self in; to come or go in without invitation, permission, or welcome; to encroach; to trespass; as, to intrude on fami…

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