inopportune moment
Example Sentences
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Which means it’s a uniquely inopportune moment to get on a plane and go on a family vacation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
The latest letdown comes at an inopportune moment.
From Barron's ● Mar. 30, 2026
That makes it a foregone conclusion that Jun-hee will give birth at a most inopportune moment, which she does.
From Salon ● Jul. 4, 2025
Despite an expensive and ambitious antipollution initiative, officials acknowledge that a single drenching downpour at an inopportune moment could send a surge of sewage into the waterway.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 16, 2024
He could ask the absolutely worst question at the most inopportune moment.
From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy
