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词汇 ill-timed
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Definition of ill-timed in English:

ill-timed

adjective
  • Done or occurring at an inappropriate time.

    an extremely ill-timed announcement
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The criticism was ill-timed, but all we can do is win football games and this performance answered everybody.
    • The ambition was laudable but the execution was marred by a series of ill-timed and increasingly expensive acquisitions.
    • The April festival has been sunk by an ill-timed deluge of rain.
    • The scheme is ill-timed, ill-judged, ill-planned and ill-prepared.
    • To use the occasion of his death to launch an attack on one aspect of his policy seems inappropriate, ill-timed, small-minded and tasteless.
    • Often those attempting something positive were scythed down by ill-timed interventions.
    Synonyms
    untimely, mistimed, badly timed
    premature, early, hasty
    inopportune, inconvenient, awkward, unwelcome
    inappropriate, unsuitable, inapt
    disadvantageous, unfavourable, unfortunate, inept

Definition of ill-timed in US English:

ill-timed

adjective
  • Done or occurring at an inappropriate time.

    an extremely ill-timed announcement
    Example sentencesExamples
    • To use the occasion of his death to launch an attack on one aspect of his policy seems inappropriate, ill-timed, small-minded and tasteless.
    • The criticism was ill-timed, but all we can do is win football games and this performance answered everybody.
    • The ambition was laudable but the execution was marred by a series of ill-timed and increasingly expensive acquisitions.
    • Often those attempting something positive were scythed down by ill-timed interventions.
    • The scheme is ill-timed, ill-judged, ill-planned and ill-prepared.
    • The April festival has been sunk by an ill-timed deluge of rain.
    Synonyms
    untimely, mistimed, badly timed
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