inopportune

• POS: Adjective
• HYPHEN: in=op=por=tune

CIDE DICTIONARY

inopportune, a. [L. inopportunus: cf. F. inopportun. See In- not, and Opportune.].

 Not opportune; inconvenient; unseasonable; as, an inopportune occurrence, remark, etc.  [1913 Webster]
"No visit could have been more inopportune."  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

inopportune, adj. not appropriate, esp. as regards time; unseasonable.

Derivative

inopportunely adv. inopportuneness n.

Etymology

L inopportunus (as IN-(1), OPPORTUNE)

THESAURUS

inopportune

bad, futile, ill-advised, ill-considered, ill-seasoned, ill-suited, ill-timed, impolitic, improper, inadvisable, inappropriate, inapt, inauspicious, incongruous, inconvenient, inept, inexpedient, infelicitous, intempestive, intrusive, irrelevant, late, mal a propos, malapropos, mistimed, off base, out of line, out of phase, out of place, out of time, premature, too late, too soon, unbefitting, undesirable, unfavorable, unfit, unfitting, unfortunate, unhandy, unhappy, unlucky, unmeet, unprofitable, unpropitious, unready, unripe, unseasonable, unseemly, unsuitable, untimely, untoward, unwise, wrong

ROGET THESAURUS

inopportune

Inexpedience

N inexpedience, inexpediency, undesirableness, undesirability, discommodity, impropriety, unfitness, inutility, disadvantage, inexpedient, undesirable, unadvisable, inadvisable, objectionable, inapt, ineligible, inadmissible, inconvenient, incommodious, discommodious, disadvantageous, inappropriate, unfit, ill-contrived, ill-advised, unsatisfactory, unprofitable, unsubservient, inopportune, out of place, in the wrong place, improper, unseemly, clumsy, awkward, cumbrous, cumbersome, lumbering, unwieldy, hulky, unmanageable, impedient, unnecessary, it will never do.

Untimeliness

N untimeliness, intempestivity, unseasonableness, inexpedience, unsuitable time, improper time, unreasonableness, evil hour, contretemps, intrusion, anachronism, bad time, wrong time, inappropriate time, not the right occasion, unsuitable time, inopportune time, poor timing, ill-timed, mistimed, ill-fated, ill-omened, ill-starred, untimely, unseasonable, out of date, out of season, inopportune, timeless, intrusive, untoward, mal a propos, unlucky, inauspicious, infelicitous, unbefitting, unpropitious, unfortunate, unfavorable, unsuited, inexpedient, unpunctual, too late for, premature, too soon for, wise after the event, monday morning quarterbacking, twenty-twenty hindsight, inopportunely, as ill luck would have it, in an evil hour, the time having gone by, a day after the fair, after death the doctor, after meat mustard.