inopportunist, n. (a.)
(ɪnˌɒpəˈtjuːnɪst)
[f. inopportune + -ist: after opportunist; cf. F. inopportuniste.]
One who believes a policy or course of action to be inopportune; esp. one who, on that ground, opposed the doctrine of Papal Infallibility at the Vatican Council, 1870; one opposed to the policy of opportunists.
| 1880 Daily News 12 Nov. 4/8 Discontented Republicans who are now associating themselves with that extreme Inopportunist. 1882–3 Schaff Encycl. Relig. Knowl. II. 1077 Those who opposed the doctrine of papal infallibility..only from inexpediency, deeming it inopportune..were called also inopportunists. 1885 J. Gillow Bibliog. Dict. Eng. Cath. II. 42 Previous to and during the sitting of the Œcumenical Council of the Vatican, he was a decided Inopportunist. |
B. adj. Of or belonging to the inopportunists.
| 1888 Pall Mall G. 19 July 11/1 The Inopportunist Party. 1895 Purcell Life Manning II. xvi. 416 A well-known leader of the Inopportunist or Opposition party. |