untimeous
English
Adjective
untimeous (comparative more untimeous, superlative most untimeous)
- (archaic) untimely
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- restrain his irreverent and untimeous jocularity
Synonyms
- ill-timed, inopportune; see also Thesaurus:untimely
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “untimeous”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)
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