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in⋅op⋅por⋅tune

[in-op-er-toon, -tyoon]
–adjective
not opportune; inappropriate; inconvenient; untimely or unseasonable: an inopportune visit.

Origin:
1525–35; < LL inopportūnus. See in- 3 , opportune
in·op·por·tune     (ĭn-ŏp'ər-tōōn', -tyōōn')  Pronunciation Key 
adj.   Inappropriate or ill-timed; not opportune.
in·op'por·tune'ly adv., in·op'por·tune'ness n.

inopportune 
1533, from L.L. inopportunus "unfitting," from in- "not" + opportunus (see opportune). A rare word before 19c.

inopportune

adjective
not opportune; "arrived at a most inopportune hour"; "an inopportune visit" [ant: opportune

Inopportune

In*op`por*tune"\, a. [L. inopportunus: cf. F. inopportun. See In- not, and Opportune.] Not opportune; inconvenient; unseasonable; as, an inopportune occurrence, remark, etc.

No visit could have been more inopportune. --T. Hook.

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