badly timed
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A badly timed misstep or decision will have more spillovers now.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 11, 2025
Their strong start, which featured an NHL-record 11-game road winning streak from the beginning of the season, fizzled into a parade of close losses, defensive blunders, missed scoring chances, and badly timed penalties.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 5, 2024
Guardiola's public admonishment of his striker at half-time was not just badly timed and unnecessary but an appalling display of arrogance.
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2023
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
The blows showered at him lacked steam and were badly timed as to distance.
From The Big-Town Round-Up by William MacLeod Raine
