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Definition of Inopportune
1. Adjective. Not opportune. "An inopportune visit"
Similar to: Ill-timed, Unseasonable, Untimely, Wrong, Inconvenient
Derivative terms: Inopportuneness
Antonyms: Opportune
Definition of Inopportune
1. a. Not opportune; inconvenient; unseasonable; as, an inopportune occurrence, remark, etc.
Definition of Inopportune
1. Adjective. unsuitable for some particular purpose ¹
2. Adjective. at an inconvenient or inappropriate time ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Inopportune
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Inopportune
Literary usage of Inopportune
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. History of the Commune of 1871 by Lissagaray (1886)
"But how prevent one's thoughts from wandering to the pontiff declaring inopportune
the Republican outburst of June-July 1791 ; inopportune the cries of ..."
2. The Constitutional History of England from the Accession of Henry VII. to by Henry Hallam (1876)
"But a death, so sudden and inopportune as to excite suspicions of poison in some
most nearly connected with him, gave a more decisive character to the ..."
3. The Transvaal War, 1880-81 by Blanche St. John Ballairs, Blanche St. John Moschzisker Bellairs, Lady Bellairs (1885)
"... further how little apprehen- ment 'sive they were of any disturbance taking
place, the to offer local government took this inopportune time,—the chosen ..."
4. Memoirs of Count Miot de Melito, Minister, Ambassador, Councillor of State by André Franc̜ois Miot de Melite (1881)
"... that Institution—A spirit of opposition within it is developed at an inopportune
moment—Rapid increase of the authority and power of the First Consul, ..."
5. Fifteen Years Among the Top-knots, Or, Life in Korea by Lillias Horton Underwood (1908)
"... too great—Our Attendants arc Seized and Carried Off—The Kind Inn-Keeper—inopportune
Patients—A Race for Life—A City of Refuge—A Beautiful Custom—Safe at ..."
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