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inopportune adjective [ ɪnˈɒpətjuːn ]

• occurring at an inconvenient or inappropriate time.
• "a storm blew up at an inopportune moment"
Similar: inconvenient, untimely, ill-timed, badly timed, mistimed, inappropriate, unsuitable, inapt, ill-chosen, infelicitous, unfavourable, unfortunate, unpropitious, inauspicious, inexpedient, disadvantageous, awkward, difficult, troublesome, bothersome, problematic, disruptive, disturbing, unseasonable,
Opposite: opportune, convenient,
Origin: early 16th century: from Latin inopportunus, from in- ‘not’ + opportunus (see opportune).


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