badly timed
Example Sentences
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A badly timed misstep or decision will have more spillovers now.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 11, 2025
Historically weak government finances, badly timed tax cuts and the COVID-19 pandemic, which hit the lucrative tourism industry and foreign remittances, have wreaked havoc on the economy, leading to a currency devaluation last week.
From Reuters ● Mar. 15, 2022
It’s probably not revealing too much to note that a badly timed 4*Town concert will factor heavily into the plot, or that the band’s songs are velvety earworms of the highest order.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 7, 2022
Owners said the increase from 5% to 12.5% was badly timed, with one restaurant chain owner saying businesses were already "hanging by a thread".
From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2021
If so, it was badly timed, and she would let Plato feel the weight of her displeasure.
From The House Behind the Cedars by Charles W. (Charles Waddell) Chesnutt
