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10 Language-to-English Dictionariesinopportun
Pronunciation / Transliteration: inoportun
"Son intervention inopportune a surpris tout le monde."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
Happening or done prematurely or at an unsuitably early time.
"The company suffered an untimely loss of its visionary founder." - 2
Inopportune; happening at an inconvenient or unsuitable time.
"His untimely remark caused tension throughout the diplomatic meeting."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from Old English 'untīmlīce', combining the negative prefix 'un-' with 'timely', originating from the root noun 'time'. Historically evolving to describe events happening before the proper time or at an unsuitably early or inconvenient moment.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Untimely" is said worldwide
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inopportun
Transliteration: inoportun
"Son intervention inopportune a surpris tout le monde."
unzeitgemäß
Transliteration: untsaitgemäß
"Diese Kritik kam zu einem völlig unzeitgemäßen Moment."
inopportuno
Transliteration: inopportuno
"La sua domanda è stata alquanto inopportuna."
inoportuno
Transliteration: inoportuno
"Su llegada en un momento tan inoportuno sorprendió a los anfitriones."
inoportuno
Transliteration: inoportuno
"O comentário dele foi completamente inoportuno."
असमय
Transliteration: asamay
"उनकी असमय मृत्यु से सभी को गहरा सदमा लगा।"
不合时宜的
Transliteration: bù hé shí yí de
"他做出了一个不合时宜的决定。"
시기적절하지 않은
Transliteration: sigijeokjeolhaji-anheun
"그의 시기적절하지 않은 농담이 분위기를 망쳤다."
時期尚早な
Transliteration: jikishōzō na
"その発表は時期尚早であった。"
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