untimeliness en · NOUN
Etymology
Etymology tree English untimely Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English untimeliness From untimely + -ness.
Meanings
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(uncountable, usually) The state of being untimely.
He does not grudge their honoring the powers of Heaven: it is their terror and the untimeliness of their prayers that he deprecates.
1924, Herbert Weir Smyth, “V. The Seven Against Thebes”, in Aeschylean Tragedy, page 135:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| untimelinesses | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
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Synonyms
untimeliness · unseasonableness · unpunctuality · unseasonability · intempestivity · impunctuality · intempestivity
Translations (12)
es deshora (state of being untimely) · hu időszerűtlenség (state of being untimely) · fi ennenaikaisuus (state of being untimely) · ca deshora (state of being untimely) · de Unzeitigkeit (state of being untimely) · ca intempestivitat (state of being untimely) · fr intempestivité (state of being untimely) · el ανεπικαιρότητα (state of being untimely) · et ajakohatus (state of being untimely) · de Ungelegenheit (state of being untimely) · fi huono ajoitus (state of being untimely) · bg ненавременност (state of being untimely)