untimely
adjective
not timely; not occurring at a suitable time or season; ill-timed or inopportune.
untimeliness
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a word derived from
untimely.
Example Sentences
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"Phhhoto has failed in its 69-page amended complaint of 222 paragraphs to allege sufficient facts that cure the untimeliness of all of its federal claims," Matsumoto wrote.
From Reuters ● Mar. 30, 2023
Her death in its own right, Bolton notes — its apparently accidental nature coupled with its untimeliness — accounts for a lot of her enduring mystique.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 28, 2022
But just as it’s possible to assemble an argument for why Maxwell matters now, it’s also tempting to make a case for him based on his untimeliness, his embodiment of old-fashioned literary virtues.
From New York Times ● Aug. 23, 2021
But Murphy is only fifty-five; I hope that there will be lots of time—and that his own untimeliness, the very mark of art, will itself become the engine of his art.
From The New Yorker ● Sep. 21, 2016
A plain presentation of the subject in contention may help you to a more lively understanding of the gravity and untimeliness of the Princess' departure….
From The Prince of India — Volume 01 by Lewis Wallace
