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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (2)

1. badly timed;
- Example: "an ill-timed intervention"
- Example: "you think my intrusion unseasonable"
- Example: "an untimely remark"
- Example: "it was the wrong moment for a joke"
[syn: ill-timed, unseasonable, untimely, wrong]

2. uncommonly early or before the expected time;
- Example: "illness led to his premature death"
- Example: "alcohol brought him to an untimely end"
[syn: premature, untimely]


ADVERB (1)

1. too soon; in a premature manner;
- Example: "I spoke prematurely"
[syn: prematurely, untimely]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Untimely \Un*time"ly\, a.
   Not timely; done or happening at an unnatural, unusual, or
   improper time; unseasonable; premature; inopportune; as,
   untimely frosts; untimely remarks; an untimely death.
   [1913 Webster]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Untimely \Un*time"ly\, adv.
   Out of the natural or usual time; inopportunely; prematurely;
   unseasonably. "Let them know . . . what's untimely done."
   --Shak.
   [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

untimely
    adv 1: too soon; in a premature manner; "I spoke prematurely"
           [syn: prematurely, untimely]
    adj 1: badly timed; "an ill-timed intervention"; "you think my
           intrusion unseasonable"; "an untimely remark"; "it was
           the wrong moment for a joke" [syn: ill-timed,
           unseasonable, untimely, wrong]
    2: uncommonly early or before the expected time; "illness led to
       his premature death"; "alcohol brought him to an untimely
       end" [syn: premature, untimely]