"inopportune" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more inopportune [comparative], most inopportune [superlative]
Etymology: From Latin inopportūnus. By surface analysis, in- + opportune. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|inopportūnus}} Latin inopportūnus, {{surf|en|in-|opportune}} By surface analysis, in- + opportune Head templates: {{en-adj}} inopportune (comparative more inopportune, superlative most inopportune)
  1. Unsuitable for some particular purpose. Synonyms (unsuitable for some particular purpose): inappropriate Translations (unsuitable for some particular purpose): неподходящ (nepodhodjašt) (Bulgarian), ongeschikt (Dutch), ongepast (Dutch), ungeeignet (German), unpassend (German), alkalmatlan (Hungarian), inoportuno (Portuguese), inoportun [masculine, neuter] (Romanian), недоре́чний (nedoréčnyj) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-inopportune-en-adj-sKhEKIDy Disambiguation of 'unsuitable for some particular purpose': 99 1 Disambiguation of 'unsuitable for some particular purpose': 99 1
  2. Happening/occurring at an inconvenient or inappropriate time. Synonyms (at an inconvenient or inappropriate time): ill-timed Translations (at an inconvenient or inappropriate time): ненавременен (nenavremenen) (Bulgarian), ongelegen (Dutch), ungelegen (German), unpassend (German), ανεπίκαιρος (anepíkairos) (Greek), alkalmatlan (Hungarian), незгоден (nezgoden) [masculine] (Macedonian), inoportuno (Portuguese), neoportun [masculine, neuter] (Romanian), inoportun [masculine, neuter] (Romanian), oläglig (Swedish), недоре́чний (nedoréčnyj) (Ukrainian), несвоєча́сний (nesvoječásnyj) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-inopportune-en-adj-BiU1ULbO Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with in-, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Macedonian translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 9 91 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with in-: 44 56 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 8 92 Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 10 90 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 6 94 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 13 87 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 13 87 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 14 86 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 15 85 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 19 81 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 9 91 Disambiguation of Terms with Macedonian translations: 15 85 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 14 86 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 15 85 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 13 87 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 13 87 Disambiguation of 'at an inconvenient or inappropriate time': 18 82 Disambiguation of 'at an inconvenient or inappropriate time': 3 97
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: unfit, unsuitable, untimely
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        {
          "text": "That was a most inopportune spot for a picnic.",
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        },
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          "ref": "1847 October 16, Currer Bell [pseudonym; Charlotte Brontë], chapter III, in Jane Eyre. An Autobiography. […], volume II, London: Smith, Elder, and Co., […], →OCLC, page 77:",
          "text": "\"It appears I come at an inopportune time, madam,\" said he, \"when my friend, Mr. Rochester, is from home; but I arrive from a very long journey, and I think I may presume so far on old and intimate acquaintance as to install myself here till he returns.\"",
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          "_dis1": "99 1",
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          "_dis1": "99 1",
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          "word": "неподходящ"
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          "word": "ongeschikt"
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          "word": "ungeeignet"
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          "_dis1": "99 1",
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          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "nedoréčnyj",
          "sense": "unsuitable for some particular purpose",
          "word": "недоре́чний"
        }
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        {
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        },
        {
          "ref": "1962 October, G[eoffrey] Freeman Allen, “The New Look in Scotland's Northern Division—II”, in Modern Railways, page 170:",
          "text": "The object is to keep the yard operators apprised of main-line movements, so that they do not plan to occupy the main lines with activity into or out of the yard at an inopportune juncture.",
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        "Happening/occurring at an inconvenient or inappropriate time."
      ],
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          "inconvenient",
          "inconvenient"
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          "inappropriate",
          "inappropriate"
        ],
        [
          "time",
          "time"
        ]
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          "_dis1": "18 82",
          "sense": "at an inconvenient or inappropriate time",
          "word": "ill-timed"
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          "_dis1": "3 97",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "nenavremenen",
          "sense": "at an inconvenient or inappropriate time",
          "word": "ненавременен"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 97",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "at an inconvenient or inappropriate time",
          "word": "ongelegen"
        },
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          "_dis1": "3 97",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "at an inconvenient or inappropriate time",
          "word": "ungelegen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 97",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "at an inconvenient or inappropriate time",
          "word": "unpassend"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 97",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "anepíkairos",
          "sense": "at an inconvenient or inappropriate time",
          "word": "ανεπίκαιρος"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 97",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "at an inconvenient or inappropriate time",
          "word": "alkalmatlan"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 97",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "nezgoden",
          "sense": "at an inconvenient or inappropriate time",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "незгоден"
        },
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          "_dis1": "3 97",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "at an inconvenient or inappropriate time",
          "word": "inoportuno"
        },
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          "_dis1": "3 97",
          "code": "ro",
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          "sense": "at an inconvenient or inappropriate time",
          "word": "oläglig"
        },
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          "_dis1": "3 97",
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          "roman": "nedoréčnyj",
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          "word": "недоре́чний"
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          "roman": "nesvoječásnyj",
          "sense": "at an inconvenient or inappropriate time",
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "unfit"
    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "unsuitable"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "untimely"
    }
  ],
  "word": "inopportune"
}
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    },
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      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "nepodhodjašt",
      "sense": "unsuitable for some particular purpose",
      "word": "неподходящ"
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      "word": "ongeschikt"
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      "sense": "unsuitable for some particular purpose",
      "word": "ongepast"
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      "sense": "unsuitable for some particular purpose",
      "word": "ungeeignet"
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      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "unsuitable for some particular purpose",
      "word": "unpassend"
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      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "unsuitable for some particular purpose",
      "word": "alkalmatlan"
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      "sense": "unsuitable for some particular purpose",
      "word": "inoportuno"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
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      "sense": "unsuitable for some particular purpose",
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      "word": "inoportun"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "nedoréčnyj",
      "sense": "unsuitable for some particular purpose",
      "word": "недоре́чний"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "nenavremenen",
      "sense": "at an inconvenient or inappropriate time",
      "word": "ненавременен"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "at an inconvenient or inappropriate time",
      "word": "ongelegen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "at an inconvenient or inappropriate time",
      "word": "ungelegen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "at an inconvenient or inappropriate time",
      "word": "unpassend"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "anepíkairos",
      "sense": "at an inconvenient or inappropriate time",
      "word": "ανεπίκαιρος"
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "at an inconvenient or inappropriate time",
      "word": "alkalmatlan"
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      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "nezgoden",
      "sense": "at an inconvenient or inappropriate time",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "незгоден"
    },
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "at an inconvenient or inappropriate time",
      "word": "inoportuno"
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    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "at an inconvenient or inappropriate time",
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      "sense": "at an inconvenient or inappropriate time",
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      "word": "inoportun"
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      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "at an inconvenient or inappropriate time",
      "word": "oläglig"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "nedoréčnyj",
      "sense": "at an inconvenient or inappropriate time",
      "word": "недоре́чний"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "nesvoječásnyj",
      "sense": "at an inconvenient or inappropriate time",
      "word": "несвоєча́сний"
    }
  ],
  "word": "inopportune"
}

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