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| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : in-op-er-toon, -tyoon |
| Phonetic Transcription : ɪnˌɒp ərˈtun, -ˈtyun |
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Définition 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
- 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
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