Ill-timed

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Ill-timed \Ill"-timed`\, a.
     Done, attempted, or said, at an unsuitable or unpropitious
     time; occurring at an inappropriate time; as, an ill-timed
     intervention.
  
     Syn: ill timed(predicate), inappropriate, unseasonable,


          untimely, wrong, poorly timed, badly timed.
          [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  ill-timed
       adj : badly timed; "an ill-timed intervention"; "you think my
             intrusion unseasonable"; "an untimely remark"; "it was
             the wrong moment for a joke" [syn: {ill-timed(a)}, {ill
             timed(p)}, {unseasonable}, {untimely}, {wrong}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  80 Moby Thesaurus words for "ill-timed":
     bad, futile, ill-adapted, ill-advised, ill-assorted, ill-chosen,
     ill-considered, ill-fitted, ill-matched, ill-seasoned, ill-sorted,
     ill-suited, impolitic, improper, inadmissible, inadvisable,
     inapplicable, inapposite, inappropriate, inapt, inauspicious,
     incongruous, inconvenient, inept, inexpedient, infelicitous,
     inopportune, intempestive, intrusive, irrelevant, late,
     mal a propos, maladjusted, malapropos, misjoined, mismatched,
     mismated, misplaced, mistimed, off base, out of character,
     out of joint, out of keeping, out of line, out of phase,
     out of place, out of proportion, out of season, out of time,
     out of tune, premature, too late, too soon, unadapted, unapt,
     unbecoming, unbefitting, undesirable, unfavorable, unfit, unfitted,
     unfitting, unfortunate, unhandy, unhappy, unlucky, unmeet,
     unprofitable, unpropitious, unqualified, unready, unripe,
     unseasonable, unseemly, unsuitable, unsuited, untimely, untoward,
     unwise, wrong