poor timing
Example Sentences
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Over any longer period, the opportunity cost of holding it is likely to exceed that of poor timing in the stock market.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026
Automated birthday emails are a constant of modern life, right up there with death, taxes, and computer updates with poor timing.
From The Verge • Jul. 29, 2022
The effort was blasted for historical inaccuracies and shoddy research as well as poor timing.
From Seattle Times • Jul. 27, 2021
When Mellon was testing the water, “nobody could wrap their head around what I was doing,” she said, adding that poor timing led her brand to have to file for bankruptcy protection.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 4, 2019
“It would be poor timing if so,” she thought morosely, “for I can hardly make a speech about my successful career as a governess if I have just been fired in disgrace.”
From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood
