adjective
- Badly timed.
- usage: "an ill-timed intervention"; "you think my intrusion unseasonable"; "an untimely remark"; "it was the wrong moment for a joke"
- synonyms: ill-timed, unseasonable, wrong
- Uncommonly early or before the expected time.
- usage: "illness led to his premature death"; "alcohol brought him to an untimely end"
- synonyms: premature
adverb
- Too soon; in a premature manner.
- usage: "I spoke prematurely"
- synonyms: prematurely
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