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10 Language-to-English Dictionariesinopportunité
Pronunciation / Transliteration: in-o-por-tu-ni-te
"L'inopportunité de sa remarque a mis tout le monde mal à l'aise."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
The quality or state of occurring at an unsuitable, inappropriate, or inconvenient time.
"The untimeliness of the rain ruined our outdoor wedding reception." - 2
The characteristic of being premature or unseasonable.
"He apologized for the untimeliness of his departure during the crucial meeting."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the Old English un- (meaning not) combined with timely, originating from Middle English timely, stemming from Germanic roots related to time (Proto-Germanic *tīmô). Over centuries, the suffix -ness was added to form an abstract noun describing the quality of happening at an inappropriate or unseasonable time.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Untimeliness" is said worldwide
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inopportunité
Transliteration: in-o-por-tu-ni-te
"L'inopportunité de sa remarque a mis tout le monde mal à l'aise."
Unzeitgemäßheit
Transliteration: Unzeitgemäßheit
"Die Unzeitgemäßheit des Vorschlags überraschte das Gremium."
inopportunità
Transliteration: in-op-por-tu-ni-ta
"L'inopportunità della sua richiesta era evidente."
inoportunidad
Transliteration: i-no-por-tu-ni-dad
"La inoportunidad de la llamada interrumpió la junta importante."
inoportunidade
Transliteration: i-no-por-tu-ni-da-de
"A inoportunidade do comentário causou constrangimento."
बेमौकापन
Transliteration: bemaukapan
"उसके आने का बेमौकापन सभी को खल रहा था।"
不合时宜
Transliteration: bù hé shí yí
"他发言的不合时宜让场面一度十分尴尬。"
때아님
Transliteration: ttae-a-nim
"그의 질문은 때아닌 논쟁을 불러일으켰다."
時期尚早
Transliteration: jiki-shōzō
"その発言のタイミングの悪さがトラブルを招いた。"
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