untimely

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. adjective badly timed
  2. adjective uncommonly early or before the expected time
  3. adverb too soon; in a premature manner

Etymology

From Middle English untymely (also earlier untimliche), equivalent to un- + timely. First attested in the early 13th century. Compare Middle Danish utimelig, Old English untídlic (“unreasonable”).

In classic literature

Synonyms

ill-timed, unseasonable, wrong

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