untimely
Adjective
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Adjective
untimely
- at an inopportune time
- untimely remarks
- early; premature
- an untimely death
- (at an inopportune time) inopportune; see also Thesaurus:untimely
- (early, premature) before time, early, premature; see also Thesaurus:premature
- (at an inopportune time) opportune, timely
- (early, premature)
- (at the right time) timely, on time, to time; see also Thesaurus:punctual
- (late) behind time, late, tardy; see also Thesaurus:overdue
- French: intempestif
- Italian: inopportuno, intempestivo, inatteso, improvviso
- French: vert
- German: vorzeitig, verfrüht
- Italian: prematuro, inaspettato, inopportuno, precipitoso
- Russian: преждевре́менный
untimely
- prematurely
- c. 1606, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Macbeth”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: Printed by Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358 ↗, [Act V, scene viii]:
- Macduff was from his mother's womb / Untimely ripped.
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