Antonyms for inopportune

Grammar : Adj

Spell : in-op-er-toon, -tyoon

Phonetic Transcription : ɪnˌɒp ərˈtun, -ˈtyun

Definition of inopportune

Origin : 1530s, from Late Latin inopportunus "unfitting," from in- "not" + opportunus (see opportune). A rare word before 19c. Related: Inopportunely.

adj not appropriate or suitable

Example sentences :

Kirkwood's waiter put in an inopportune appearance with the bill.
Extract from : « The Black Bag » by Louis Joseph Vance

Think of it coming in at that inopportune moment, just as telegrams do at a play!
Extract from : « Jennie Baxter, Journalist » by Robert Barr

Buel frowned at the approaching boat, and cursed its inopportune arrival.
Extract from : « One Day's Courtship » by Robert Barr

As it was he bit his lip in vexation at this most inopportune interruption.
Extract from : « Scaramouche » by Rafael Sabatini

At this inopportune moment Mosby made a charge which broke our column.
Extract from : « Three Years in the Federal Cavalry » by Willard Glazier

This hour so opportune was also most inopportune,—such sorrow at home!
Extract from : « The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 105, July 1866 » by Various

And I take this opportunity to tell you, Lieutenant, that your visit is most inopportune.
Extract from : « Little Novels of Italy » by Maurice Henry Hewlett

"Most inopportune," she sighed, with a little attempt at gaiety.
Extract from : « Mr. Grex of Monte Carlo » by E. Phillips Oppenheim

Then, too, Canterbury did the most unexpected things at the most inopportune moments.
Extract from : « Left End Edwards » by Ralph Henry Barbour

Indeed, he never spoke in that sense, but opposed it as inopportune.
Extract from : « William Pitt and the Great War » by John Holland Rose

Synonyms for inopportune

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