Untimely (Adjective)
Meaning 1
Badly timed; "an ill-timed intervention"; "you think my intrusion unseasonable"; "an untimely remark"; "it was the wrong moment for a joke".
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Meaning 2
Uncommonly early or before the expected time; "illness led to his premature death"; "alcohol brought him to an untimely end".
Classification
All adjective clusters.
Examples
- Her brilliant academic career was cut short by an untimely accident.
- The legendary musician met an untimely death due to an overdose of a banned substance.
- Their trip to Europe was interrupted by the untimely death of their family patriarch.
- Inflammation caused his untimely blindness which no medicine could have averted.
- Alcohol brought the retired captain to an untimely demise a decade earlier than he was predicted to die naturally.