inopportune

[US]/ɪn'ɒpətjuːn/
[UK]/ɪn,ɑpɚ'tun/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adj. untimely; inconvenient

Example Sentences

at an inopportune time

arrive at the most inopportune hours

a storm blew up at an inopportune moment.

a well-timed attack. inopportune

He called at an inopportune moment,when we were about to go out.

Real-world Examples

She kept making trouble at inopportune moments.

Source: The Good Wife Season 1

It wouldn't be the first time inopportune online content has cost a Chinese tech company dearly.

Source: Economist Business

It simply seems implausible that awful things might repeatedly unfold, at terribly inopportune moments, without some kind of malevolent intent being involved.

Source: The school of life

And that ideological debate really came up at an inopportune time for a Republican Party that is already frayed in a lot of ways.

Source: PBS Interview Environmental Series

At this inopportune moment, Snotlout and Dogsbreath came sauntering past Stoick's house on the way back from the beach, their dragons on their shoulders.

Source: Animation English

Hard times may hold you down at what usually seems like the most inopportune time, but you should remember that they won't last forever.

Source: 2023 Graduate School Entrance Examination English II

It blindsides you at the most inopportune moments, and even if we can learn to grin and bear the ups and downs, they can take their toll on our psyche.

Source: Portable English Bilingual Edition

The world is such a small place, especially with all these online platforms, that, believe me, you will see these people again and probably in the most inopportune times.

Source: TED Talks (Audio Version) February 2020 Collection

Such questions, at such an hour, were bound to drift through his mind; but he was conscious that their uncomfortable persistence and precision were due to the inopportune arrival of the Countess Olenska.

Source: The Age of Innocence (Part One)

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