Untimely

Definition: Untimely

Untimely

Adjective

1. Badly timed; "an ill-timed intervention"; "you think my intrusion unseasonable"; "an untimely remark"; "it was the wrong moment for a joke".

2. Uncommonly early or before the expected time; "illness led to his premature death"; "alcohol brought him to an untimely end".

Adverb

1. Too soon; in a premature manner; "I spoke prematurely".

Date "untimely" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1258. (references)

Synonyms: Untimely

Synonyms: ill timed(p) (adj), ill-timed(a) (adj), premature (adj), unseasonable (adj), wrong (adj), prematurely (adv). (additional references)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Death	Pay the debt to nature, shuffle off this mortal coil, take one's last sleep; go the way of all flesh; hand in one's checks, pass in one's checks, hand in one's chips, pass in one's chips; join the greater number, join the majority; come to dust, turn to dust; cross the Stygian ferry, cross the bar; go to one's long account, go to one's last home, go to Davy Jones's locker, go to the wall; receive one's death warrant, make one's will, step out, die a natural death, go out like the snuff of a candle; come to an untimely end; catch one's death; go off the hooks, kick the bucket, buy the farm, hop the twig, turn up one's toes; die a violent death. (be killed).
	Euthanasia; break up of the system; natural death, natural decay; sudden death, violent death; untimely end, watery grave; debt of nature; suffocation, asphyxia; fatal disease. (disease); death blow. (killing).
Lateness	Adjective: late, tardy, slow, behindhand, serotine, belated, postliminious, posthumous, backward, unpunctual, untimely; delayed, postponed; dilatory; (slow); delayed; Verb: in abeyance.
Untimeliness	Adjective: ill-timed, mistimed; ill-fated, ill-omened, ill-starred; untimely, unseasonable; out of date, out of season; inopportune, timeless, intrusive, untoward, mal a propos, unlucky, inauspicious, infelicitous, unbefitting, unpropitious, unfortunate, unfavorable; unsuited; inexpedient.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Crosswords: Untimely

English words defined with "untimely": ill timed, ill-timed, Importunee, Intempestive ♦ premature ♦ unseasonable, Untimeous, Untimeously ♦ wrong. (references)

Specialty definitions using "untimely": life insurance company, Lycidas ♦ Sortes Virgilianae. (references)

Etymologies containing "untimely": Untidy, Untimeous. (references)

Domain	Usage
Screenplays	Miss Sugarbaker, I want you to know we were all absolutely devestated over your husband's untimely death. (Women of the House; writing credit: Linda Bloodworth-Thomason)
Lyrics	When I think of our untimely end (Crybaby; performing artist: Mariah Carey)
Movie/TV Titles	Untimely (2001)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Domain	Title
Books	Making Sense of Nietzsche: Reflections Timely and Untimely (International Nietzsche Studies) (reference) Nietzsche: Untimely Meditations (reference) The Politics of Truth and Other Untimely Essays: The Crisis of Civic Consciousness (reference) Untimely Death: A Novel (reference) Untimely Ripped (reference) (more book examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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	Figure 26. Ball bearing swivels devised by Jules Le Blanc to prevent untimely twisting of cables, getting them caught on hull projections, or even breaking of lines. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now.		Significant figures of our time. 2. Upon the untimely death of his parents he finds work in a hotel kitchen, and has his first introduction to the subtleties of continental cuisine. Credit: Library of Congress.
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Author	Quotation
Francis Bacon	Nothing destroys authority more than the unequal and untimely interchange of power stretched too far and relaxed too much.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Subject	Topic	Quote
Economic History	The Holy See	Elected on October 16, 1978, he succeeded John Paul I, whose reign was limited by his untimely death to only 34 days. (references)
	Gabon	Despite further anti-government demonstrations after the untimely death of an opposition leader, the first multi-party National Assembly elections in almost 30 years took place in September-October 1990, with the PDG garnering a large majority. (references)
	St. Lucia	The tourism sector has made significant gains, experiencing a boom during the last few years despite some untimely and destructive hurricanes.. In 1999, 50% more tourists visited the island than in 1996, including 261,000 stayover tourists and 423,000 cruise- ship visitors. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

"Untimely" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Untimely" is used about 102 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Adjective (general or positive)	100%	102	32,309

Expressions using "untimely": come to an untimely end ♦ untimely birth. Additional references.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Language		Translations for "untimely"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		parakohësisht (short), i parakohshëm (early, immature, premature, previous). (various references)

Arabic		‏في غير محله (inopportune, out of place), ‏في غير أوانه (unseasonable), ‏قبل الأوان, ‏غير ملائم (awkward, awkwardly, clumsy, disadvantageous, inadequate, inapplicable, inapposite, inappropriate, inapt, incommensurate, inconvenient, inept, unfortunate, unfriendly, unhandy, unseemly, unsuitable, untidy). (various references)

Bulgarian		неуместно (malapropos, out of place), ненавременен (ill timed, ill-judged, importune, inexpedient, inopportune, premature, unseasonable, unseemly), ненавреме, преждевременно (early, prematurely, short), преждевременен (abortive, premature), прибързано (previously, rashly), прибързан (brash, hasty, headlong, ill-advised, impetuous, light hearted, overbold, precipitate, precipitatious, premature, previous, rash, slapdash, sudden, unthinking, unwary). (various references)

Czech		předèasný (precocious, premature), nevhodný (clumsy, ill timed, impolitic, improper, inadequate, inadvisable, inapposite, inappropriate, inapt, incongruous, inconvenient, ineligible, inexpedient, inopportune, misbecoming, off-key, unappropriated, unapt, unbecoming, uncalled for, undesirable, undue, unfit, unlikely, unlucky, unseasonable, unseemly, unsuitable), nevhodnì volený, nevèasný (inappropriate), nemístný (incongruous, inopportune, irrelevant, unbecoming, uncalled for, undue, unsuitable, unwarranted). (various references)

Danish		utidig hindebristning (untimely rupture of the membranes), frigive opkald i utide (untimely release of a call), abort (abortion, failure, miscarriage). (various references)

Dutch		zwangerschapsafbreking (abortion, untimely delivery), voortijdige beëindiging van een verbinding (untimely release of a call), partus immaturus (abortion, miscarriage, spontaneous abortion, untimely delivery), miskraam (abortion, failure, miscarriage), abortus (abortion, failure, miscarriage). (various references)

Farsi		نامعقول (Absurd, Irrational, Preposterous, Unreasonable), نابهنگام (Immature, Inopportune, Malapropos, Precocious, Premature, Unseasonable), غیرمنتظره (Sudden, Unexpected, Unlookedfor), بیموقع (Malapropos, Off), بیگاه . (various references)

Finnish		sopimaton (ill-timed, improper, inappropriate, inconvenient, indecent, not fit, unfit, unsuitable), ennenaikainen (overhasty, premature). (various references)

French		prématurément, prématuré (unripe), malvenu, mal, intempestif, inopportun (unfavorable, unfavourable, unsuitable), avant son temps. (various references)

German		vorzeitig (abortive, abortively, early, premature, prematurely). (various references)

Greek		πρόωροσ (early, precocious, premature). (various references)

Hebrew		שלא בעתו, בלא עת, בטרם עת. (various references)

Hungarian		korai (early, forward, precocious, premature, premised). (various references)

Indonesian		terlalu cepat. (various references)

Italian		prematuro (abortive, early, premature, previous). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		不味い (awkward, bungling, ugly, unappetising, unpleasant, unskilful, unwise). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		まずい (awkward, bungling, ugly, unappetising, unpleasant, unskilful, unwise). (various references)

Pig Latin		imelyuntay

Portuguese		prematuro (abortive, early, forehanded, forward, immature, premature), prematuramente, precoce (early, forward, precocious, premature, rath, rathe), intempestivo (inapposite, inopportune, sudden, timeless), intempestivamente, inoportuno (bad, embarrassing, goody, gooey, ill-timed, immature, impertinent, importunate, inadvisable, inapposite, inconvenient, inexpedient, inopportune, not fitting, timeless, uncalled-for, unseasonable, unseemly, unsuitable), inoportunamente, extemporaneamente, extemporâneo (extemporaneous, premature, unseasonable). (various references)

Romanian		timpuriu (early, forward, hasty, matutinal, rathe, youthful), pretimpuriu, prematur (abortive, early, forward, immature, precocious, premature, prematurely, previous), prea timpuriu, nu la locul lui, nepotrivit (awkward, bad, discordant, dissonant, ill-matched, ill-sorted, improper, inadequate, inapposite, inappropriate, inapt, incapable, incongruous, inconsistent, incorrect, ineligible, inept, inexpedient, infelicitous, inopportune, insufficient, intrusive, irrelevant, malapropos, misbecoming, off color, off colour, out of character, out of date, out of point, timeless, unapt, unbecoming, uncalled for, uncomely, undue, unequal, unfit, unmeet, unseasonable, unwarranted), inoportun (annoying, ill timed, ill-favored, ill-favoured, inconvenient, inexpedient, inopportune, malapropos, pointless, timeless, undue, unseasonable), inactual (out of date), devreme (betimes, early, soon), înainte de vreme (premature). (various references)

Russian		несвоевременный (ill timed, ill-timed, inopportune, timeless, undue, unseasonable). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		prerano (too early), nezgodan (disadvantageous, inconvenient, inopportune, troublesome, unchancy, unfavorable, unfavourable, unmeet), neblagovremeno (ill timed), neblagovremen (ill timed, inopportune, unseasonable, unseasoned). (various references)

Spanish		prematuro (early, premature, previous), inoportuno (ill-time, inconvenient, inexpedient, inopportune, irrelevant, unfitting, unfortunate, unhappy, unpassable, unseasonable, wrong), extemporal (extemporaneous, unseasonable), extemporáneo (extemporaneous, unseasonable). (various references)

Swedish		oläglig (ill timed, inconvenient, inopportune). (various references)

Turkish		zamansız (all too soon, ill timed, inopportune, out of season, unseasonable), yersiz (Amiss, baseless, beside the point, digressive, discursive, idle, ill timed, impertinent, improper, inapposite, inappropriate, inapt, incongruous, indecent, indiscreet, inept, inexpedient, infelicitous, injudicious, inopportune, irrelevant, malapropos, out of place, out of turn, uncalled for, uncomely, undue, unhappy, unjustifiable, unseasonable, untoward, unwarranted), vaktinden önce olan, vakitsiz (ill timed, inconvenient, inopportune, premature), münasebetsiz (gauche, impertinent, improper, inapposite, incorrect, inexpedient, inopportune, malapropos, near the knuckle, unhappy, unseemly). (various references)

Ukrainian		несво�"часно, несво�"часний (ill-judged, inopportune, unseasonable), передчасно (prematurely, short, too soon), передчасний (abortive, anticipatory, precocious, premature, previous). (various references)

Welsh		cynamserol (premature), anamserol (mistimed). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Language	Period	Translations
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	immaturus, inmatura, inmaturos, scurrilitas. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Language	Date	Source	Job Chapter 3, Verse 16
Greek (transliterated)	250 BC	Septuagint	H wsper ektrwma ekporeuomenon ek mhtraV mhtroV h wsper nhpioi oi ouk eidon fwV
Latin	405	Vulgate	Aut sicut abortivum absconditum non subsisterem vel qui concepti non viderunt lucem
Middle English	1395	Wyclif	Or as abortif hid I shulde not abide, or that conceyued seyen not liyt.
Jacobean English	1611	King James	Or as an hidden untimely birth I had not been; as infants which never saw light.
Victorian English	1833	Webster	Or as a hidden untimely birth I had not been; as infants which never saw light.
Basic English	1964	Ogden	Or as a child dead at birth I might never have come into existence; like young children who have not seen the light.
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Language	Job Chapter 3, Verse 16
Albanian	Ose pse nuk qeshë si një dështim i fshehur, si fëmijët që nuk e kanë parë kurrë dritën?
Cebuano	Kun ngano nga wala ako katagoi ingon sa natawo sa dili panahon, Sama sa mga magagmayng bata nga wala gayud makakitag kahayag.
Chinese	或像隱而未現、不到期而落的胎、歸於無有、如同未見光的嬰孩。
Croatian	Ne bih bio - k'o nedonošèe zakopano, k'o novoroðenèe što svjetla ne vidje.
Danish	Eller var jeg dog som et nedgravet Foster. som Børn, der ikke fik Lyset at se!
Dutch	Of als een verborgene misdracht, zou ik niet zijn; als de kinderkens, die het licht niet gezien hebben.
Finnish	tahi olisin olematon niinkuin maahan kätketty keskoinen, niinkuin sikiöt, jotka eivät ole päivänvaloa nähneet.
French	Ou je n`existerais pas, je serais comme un avorton caché, Comme des enfants qui n`ont pas vu la lumière.
German	Oder wie eine unzeitige Geburt, die man verborgen hat, wäre ich gar nicht, wie Kinder, die das Licht nie gesehen haben.
Hungarian	Vagy mért nem lettem olyan, mint az elásott, idétlen gyermek, mint a világosságot sem látott kisdedek?
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari	Mengapa aku tidak lahir tanpa nyawa supaya tidurku lelap dan terlena?
Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama	atau sekarang bukan aku seperti anak guguran yang terbuang, seperti anak-anak yang tiada tahu melihat siang.
Maori	Kua kahore noa iho ranei, kua pera me te materoto e ngaro nei, me nga kohungahunga kahore nei e kite i te marama.
Norwegian	eller jeg var nu ikke til, likesom et nedgravd, ufullbåret foster, lik barn som aldri så lyset.
Portuguese	ou, como aborto oculto, eu não teria existido, como as crianças que nunca viram a luz.
Rumanian	Sau n`aw mai fi kn viayq, aw fi ca o stkrpiturq kngropatq, ca niwte copii cari n`au vqzut lumina!
Russian	ЙМЙ, ЛБЛ ЧЩЛЙ�"ЩЫ УПЛТЩФЩК, С ОЕ УХЭЕУФЧПЧБМ �'Щ, ЛБЛ НМБ�"ЕО�"Щ, ОЕ ХЧЙ�"ЕЧЫЙЕ УЧЕФБ.
Spanish	¡Oh! ¿Por qué no fui escondido como un abortivo, como las criaturas que nunca vieron la luz?
Swedish	eller vore jag icke till, lik ett nedgrävt foster, lik ett barn som aldrig fick se ljuset.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Misspellings
	"Untimely" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: ultimely, umteteli, untimel. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "untimely" (pronounced untī"mlē)
5	-t ī" m l ē	timely.
3	-m l ē	awesomely, calmly, comely, dimly, extremely, firmly, gamely, glumly, grimly, handsomely, homely, lamely, namely, primly, randomly, solemnly, superfamily, uniformly, unseemly, warmly.
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Direct Anagrams: minutely.
	Words within the letters "e-i-l-m-n-t-u-y"
	-2 letters: enmity, lenity, lutein, minuet, minute, mutely, mutine, mutiny, myelin, telium, timely.
	-3 letters: elint, ileum, inlet, limen, limey, liney, linty, linum, lumen, lunet, meiny, milty, minty, muley, unite, unity, unlet, unlit, unmet, untie, until, utile.
	-4 letters: elmy, emit, etui, inly, item, lent, lien, lieu, lime, limn, limy, line, lint, liny, lite, litu, lune, lunt.
	Words containing the letters "e-i-l-m-n-t-u-y"
	+2 letters: impudently.
	+3 letters: importunely, imprudently, multiagency, multienzyme, unlimitedly.
	+4 letters: diminutively, multisensory, munificently, ruminatively, simultaneity, unmyelinated.
	+5 letters: consumptively, coterminously, documentarily, enumerability, importunately, mellifluently, mensurability, monumentality, multicurrency, mutagenically, penultimately, pneumatically, pneumatolytic, rudimentarily, unemotionally, unmitigatedly, unremittingly, unsymmetrical.
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