Definition of inopportune Inopportune

/ɪnɑˌpɚtuˈn/ - [inapertun] - in•op•por•tune

We found 5 definitions of inopportune from 4 different sources.

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What does inopportune mean?

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WordNet by Princeton University

Adjective

inopportune - not opportune; "arrived at a most inopportune hour"; "an inopportune visit"
  opportune suitable or at a time that is suitable or advantageous especially for a particular purpose; "an opportune place to make camp"; "an opportune arrival"
  disadvantageous constituting a disadvantage
  ill-timed, unseasonable, untimely, wrong badly timed; "an ill-timed intervention"; "you think my intrusion unseasonable"; "an untimely remark"; "it was the wrong moment for a joke"
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

  • inopportune (a.)
    Not opportune; inconvenient; unseasonable; as, an inopportune occurrence, remark, etc.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

  • inopportune
    in-op-por-tūn′, adj. unseasonable in time.—adv. Inopportune′ly.—n. Inopportūn′ity

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