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Untimeliness -- N. untimeliness, intempestivity†, unseasonableness, inexpedience; unsuitable time, improper time; unreasonableness &c. adj.; evil hour; contretemps; intrusion; anachronism &c.

From Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases by Roget, Peter Mark

All through his life James was characterised by a singular unseasonableness in his activity.

From Andrew Melville Famous Scots Series by Morison, William

The factors in this expression are unseasonableness, not for dried leaves, but for prodigious numbers of dried leaves; direct fall, windlessness, month of April, and localization in France.

From The Book of the Damned by Fort, Charles

Their answers, if they vouchsafe to answer me, will demonstrate, I doubt not, the unseasonableness of this rash man's presence at our church.

From Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady — Volume 1 by Richardson, Samuel

Once, I remember, the party arrived at midnight; but the unseasonableness of the hour did not repress the impatience of the islanders.

From Typee by Melville, Herman