ill-timed

[il-tahymd]

adjective

1. badly timed; inopportune.

ill-timed

adjective

1. occurring at or planned for an unsuitable time

Word History and Origins

Origin of ill-timed¹

First recorded in 1685–95

Example Sentences

Because reservoirs need to leave some room in the winter for flood mitigation, they aren’t always able to capture all this ill-timed runoff, he said.

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Dr Hurley hopes they all take their time as that means "they'll be stronger and more capable"; an ill-timed gust of wind could blow them into a window or they could land badly.

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“That was really the opposite of the point I was trying to make. But I understand that to some, that felt either ill-timed or unclear, or maybe both.”

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Kimmel chose his words carefully as he said he accepted that some people felt his remarks about Kirk's death had been "ill-timed or unclear or maybe both", and told them: "I get why you're upset."

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Disney, which owns the US broadcast network that airs Jimmy Kimmel Live, said on Monday that it suspended the show because it "felt some of the comments were ill-timed and thus insensitive".

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Related Words

• unseemly 
• untimely