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Definitions

untimely

[uhn-tahym-lee] / ʌnˈtaɪm li /
ADJECTIVE
inappropriate
Synonyms
STRONGEST
ill-timed improper premature undue unfortunate
WEAK
a bit previous abortive anachronistic awkward badly timed bright and early disagreeable early early bird early on inauspicious inconvenient inexpedient inopportune intrusive malapropos mistimed out-of-date overearly oversoon previous soon too early too late unfavorable unfit unlucky unpropitious unseasonable unseemly unsuitable unsuited wrong
Antonyms
STRONGEST
appropriate good suitable
WEAK
opportune timely

Example Sentences

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Leicester's Adam Radwan's hopes of inclusion had been ended by an untimely leg injury.

From BBC • Jan. 23, 2026

Holiday has been revered by singers of all genres and eras since her untimely death at 44.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 12, 2025

They do all care about untimely air travel.

From Slate • Nov. 7, 2025

Left with few answers about his untimely death and what led to it, Kruglov’s community doesn’t understand how something like this could have happened to someone like him.

From Salon • Oct. 27, 2025

A creature of an older world maybe it was, whose kind, lingering in forgotten mountains cold beneath the Moon, outstayed their day, and in hideous eyrie bred this last untimely brood, apt to evil.

From "The Return of the King" by J.R.R. Tolkien

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.