inopportune, a.
(ɪnˌɒpəˈtjuːn, ɪnˈɒp-)
[ad. late L. inopportūn-us unfitting, f. in- (in-3) + opportūnus opportune. Cf. mod.F. inopportun. Rare until 19th c.; no quot. in J. or T.]
Not opportune; inappropriate or inconvenient, esp. with regard to time; unsuited to the occasion; unseasonable.
| 1533 Bellenden Livy v. (1822) 395 Sic inoportune and cruel servitude..wes nocht commandit to us during the empire of kingis. a 1555 Lyndesay Tragedy 402 On ȝow, Prencis, for vndescreit geuyng..And we, for our Inoportune askyng. 1649 Jer. Taylor Gt. Exemp. iii. ad sect. xv. 102 An indisposed body, or an inopportune education or evil customes superinduce variety and difference. 1836 T. Hook G. Gurney (L.), No visit could have been more inopportune. 1869 Lecky Europ. Mor. I. xi. 311 Turbulent and inopportune in their demands. 1869 Daily News 13 Dec., That the proclamation of the dogma of the infallibility of the Pope is a question which would be inopportune to revive. |