Ill-timed (Adjective)
Meaning
Badly timed; "an ill-timed intervention"; "you think my intrusion unseasonable"; "an untimely remark"; "it was the wrong moment for a joke".
Classification
All adjective clusters.
Examples
- The politician's ill-timed announcement of a tax hike just before the election was widely criticized.
- Her ill-timed joke about the company's financial struggles fell flat at the annual meeting.
- The fire alarm went off at an ill-timed moment, interrupting the CEO's keynote speech.
- The coach's ill-timed substitution of the star player was questioned by fans and analysts alike.
- The company's ill-timed decision to downsize was made just as the economy was starting to recover.