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premature adj.
untimely adj.

ADJECTIVE

premature

Synonyms

STRONGEST

immature incomplete untimely

WEAK

a bit previous abortive embryonic forward green inopportune overearly oversoon precipitate predeveloped previous raw soon unanticipated undeveloped unfledged unripe

Antonyms

WEAK

backward careful cautious delayed late mature overdue prepared slow

ADJECTIVE

untimely

Synonyms

STRONGEST

ill-timed improper premature undue unfortunate

WEAK

a bit previous abortive anachronistic awkward badly timed bright and early disagreeable early early bird inauspicious inconvenient inexpedient inopportune intrusive malapropos mistimed out-of-date overearly oversoon previous soon too early too late unfavorable unfit unlucky unpropitious unseasonable unseemly unsuitable unsuited wrong

Antonyms

STRONGEST

appropriate good suitable

WEAK

opportune timely

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early on

San José came close to spoiling the party for the Galaxy early on.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2026

More than a hundred investors turned them down early on.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026

At least five people have died after a 7.7 magnitude earthquake struck Indonesia early on Saturday morning, according to the provincial governor.

From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026

DeepMind “demonstrated all of these great capabilities early on, like playing games or protein folding,” Lee said.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 15, 2026

The gray-blue sky seems to stretch out wider than usual this early on a weekend morning with no one else out to see it.

From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison

early on

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