inopportune
occurring at an inconvenient or inappropriate time
Word origin: From Latin opportunus, favorable, originally of wind driving toward port.
Inopportune in a sentence
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His phone rang at the most inopportune moment during the ceremony.
The merger was announced at an inopportune moment, just as the market was reeling from unrelated bad news.
Using “inopportune” well
Inopportune describes something that occurs at an inconvenient or unsuitable time, and it is the negation of opportune.
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