untimely en · ADJ
Pronunciation
Etymology
From Middle English untymely (also earlier untimliche), equivalent to un- + timely. First attested in the early 13th century. Compare Middle Danish utimelig, Old English untídlic (“unseasonable”).
Meanings
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At an inopportune time.
untimely remarks
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Early; premature.
The heroes of literary as well as civil history have been very often no less remarkable for what they have suffered, than for what they have atchieved^([sic]); and volumes have been written only to enumerate the miseries of the learned, and relate their unhappy lives, and untimely deaths.
c. 1779–81, Samuel Johnson, “Savage”, in The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets, volume 3, published 1794:Untimely blossom! Poor, impatient thing, / That, starting rashly from the sheltering mould, / Bravest the peevish wind and sullen cold, / Mistaking thine own ardors for the spring
1898, Florence Earle Coates, Before the Hour:an untimely death
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| untimelier | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| more untimely | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most untimely | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| untimeliest | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |
Antonyms
behindhand · belated · opportune · tardy · timely · overdue · on time · tardy · on time · prompt · opportune · punctual · in time · seasonable · lated · to time · late · late · timely · backward · timely
Deriveds
Hypernyms
Hyponyms
Relateds
Synonyms
prevenient · precocious · early · hasty · previous · untimely · untimeous · forward · untime · inopportune · intempestive · timeless · premature · premature · mistimed · precipitate · anticipatory · ill-timed · untimely · early · inopportune · unseasonable · unseasonable · untimeless
Translations (40)
pl nie w porę (taking place at an inopportune time) · fi huonosti ajoitettu (taking place at an inopportune time) · it inopportuno (taking place at an inopportune time) · el ανεπίκαιρος (taking place at an inopportune time) · de verfrüht (early; premature) · sv oläglig (taking place at an inopportune time) · it precipitoso (early; premature) · it intempestivo (taking place at an inopportune time) · pl przedwczesny (early; premature) · grc ἄωρος (taking place at an inopportune time) · ga antráthach (taking place at an inopportune time) · cy anamserol (taking place at an inopportune time) · cy cynamserol (early; premature) · de viel zu früh (early; premature) · izh ennenaikain (early; premature) · de vorzeitig (early; premature) · bg ненавременен (taking place at an inopportune time) · cy annhymhoraidd (early; premature) · it inatteso (taking place at an inopportune time) · it improvviso (taking place at an inopportune time) · fi ennenaikainen (early; premature) · ru несвоевре́менный (early; premature) · it inaspettato (early; premature) · ru преждевре́менный (early; premature) · bg преждевре́менен (early; premature) · et enneaegne (early; premature) · cs předčasný (early; premature) · de frühzeitig (early; premature) · it inopportuno (early; premature) · la intempestus (taking place at an inopportune time) · de unpassend (taking place at an inopportune time) · pt intempestivo (taking place at an inopportune time) · kk мезгілсіз (taking place at an inopportune time) · gl intempestivo (taking place at an inopportune time) · ca intempestiu (taking place at an inopportune time) · fr vert (early; premature) · fr intempestif (taking place at an inopportune time) · la praecox (early; premature) · it prematuro (early; premature) · et ajakohatu (taking place at an inopportune time)