Untimely

/ʌnˈtaɪmli/ · adjective

Meaning

At an inopportune time..

Definitions by Sense

1. At an inopportune time.
2. Early; premature.
3. Prematurely.

Example Sentences

untimely remarks

an untimely death

The heroes of literary as well as civil history have been very often no less remarkable for what they have suffered, than for what they have atchieved^([sic]); and volumes have been written only to enumerate the miseries of the learned, and relate their unhappy lives, and untimely deaths.

Untimely blossom! Poor, impatient thing, / ⁠That, starting rashly from the sheltering mould, / ⁠Bravest the peevish wind and sullen cold, / ⁠Mistaking thine own ardors for the spring

Tell thee, Macduffe was from his Mothers womb / Untimely ript.

They light fires under fruit trees to keep the fruit from falling untimely.

Couldst thou go from us, in thy beauteous June, / Leaving a sense of joy untimely perished, / ⁠Of music stilled too soon?

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Word Forms

• untimelier
• more untimely
• untimeliest
• most untimely

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