ill-timed
Example Sentences
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It was this history, and an ill-timed price cut by the Seven Sisters in 1959, that gave impetus to OPEC.
From Barron's ● May 7, 2026
Pahouja got tangled up in one ill-timed venture.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 26, 2026
Economist Ed Yardeni dubbed this the “front-cover curse” — when financial magazines publish ill-timed covers that in hindsight mark peak optimism or pessimism.
From MarketWatch ● Feb. 6, 2026
But dwelling too long on that can foster misplaced faith and ill-timed complacency.
From Slate ● Jan. 6, 2026
And then we've run out of conversation again, and it’s so strange the way an ill-timed kiss can make someone feel like a stranger.
From "Girl in the Blue Coat" by Monica Hesse
