ill-timed
Example Sentences
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The businessman surprised investors last week when he revealed that an ill-timed wager had left his company, United Wholesale Mortgage, with a $600 million hole.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026
Southwest Airlines ended its fuel hedging program in early 2025, a decision now seen as ill-timed given current market conditions.
From Barron's ● Mar. 24, 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
If a lifetime as the son of the fighter pilot had taught him one thing, it was that he knew instinctively the meaning of this ill-timed visitation: This was a promenade of ruin.
From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy
