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Synonyms for untimely
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : uhn-tahym-lee |
| Phonetic Transcription : ʌnˈtaɪm li |
Top 10 synonyms for untimely
Définition of untimely
Origin :- 1530s, "coming before the proper or usual time," from un- (1) "not" + timely. Cf. Middle Danish utimelig, of weather, etc.
- adj inappropriate
- All untimely bereavement is, of course, not of the nature of the above illustration.
- Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King
- Therefore, I dismiss the fear of untimely separation from my appointed work.
- Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King
- He seems to have wished the world to accept this version of his untimely marriage.
- Extract from : « The Man Shakespeare » by Frank Harris
- Were he to die while I am speaking, we could not pronounce it an untimely death.
- Extract from : « Time's Portraiture » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
- Our lamb was black: and at the hour of his untimely death a storm was coming up.
- Extract from : « It Happened in Egypt » by C. N. Williamson
- He had been the pet of the family for a long time, but he came to an untimely end.
- Extract from : « Concerning Cats » by Helen M. Winslow
- They took a first prize, but two of them have since come to an untimely end.
- Extract from : « Concerning Cats » by Helen M. Winslow
- Sometimes it may ruin a man; not because it is a joke, but because it is untimely.
- Extract from : « Chance » by Joseph Conrad
- My visit was—well, timely, or untimely, whichever way you regard it.
- Extract from : « The Genius » by Margaret Horton Potter
- That is abortive that is untimely, that has not been borne its full time, that is immature.
- Extract from : « The Verbalist » by Thomas Embly Osmun, (AKA Alfred Ayres)
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