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inopportune

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in⋅op⋅por⋅tune

  [in-op-er-toon, -tyoon]
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–adjective
not opportune; inappropriate; inconvenient; untimely or unseasonable: an inopportune visit.
Origin:
1525–35; < LL inopportūnus. See in- 3 , opportune

Related forms:
in⋅op⋅por⋅tune⋅ly, adverb
in⋅op⋅por⋅tune⋅ness, in⋅op⋅por⋅tu⋅ni⋅ty, noun
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in·op·por·tune   (ĭn-ŏp'ər-tōōn', -tyōōn')   
adj.  Inappropriate or ill-timed; not opportune.
in·op'por·tune'ly adv., in·op'por·tune'ness n.
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Word Origin & History

inopportune 
1533, from L.L. inopportunus "unfitting," from in- "not" + opportunus (see opportune). A rare word before 19c.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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