Skip to main content

untimeliness

/uhn-tahym-lee/US // ʌnˈtaɪm li //UK // (ʌnˈtaɪmlɪ) //

不合时宜,不及时,不适时,不适时性

Related Words

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1

    un·time·li·er, un·time·li·est.

    • : not timely; not occurring at a suitable time or season; ill-timed or inopportune: An untimely downpour stopped the game.
    • : happening too soon or too early; premature: his untimely demise.
adv.副词 adverb
  1. 1
    • : prematurely.
    • : unseasonably.

Synonyms & Antonyms

as ininconvenience
as inincommodiousness

Examples

  • At the tone of this question Mrs. Skene suddenly realized the untimeliness of her complaints.

  • They hold their jubilees in weeds rather; and the untimeliness of genius is the tragedy of life as of letters.

  • Most certainly, the results of the carrying out of that project were such as to prove all that they claimed of its untimeliness.