untimely

Word family

un·time·ly /ʌnˈtaɪmli/ adjectiveadj

1 EARLYDIEhappening too soon or sooner than you expected 过早的，突然的

the untimely death of a popular local man

一名当地红人的过早死亡

The announcement brought the meeting to an untimely end.

这事的公布使会议早早地就结束了。

2 TIME/RIGHT OR WRONG TIMEnot suitable for a particular occasion or time 不适时的；不合时宜的

an untimely interruption

不是时候的打扰

Examples from the Corpus

untimely• Zhelev described the strike as untimely and harmful.• As to how young William met his untimely death, accounts vary.• Before his untimely death in 1991, Freddie Mercury was a brilliant singer and perfomer.• The symbols and memories of untimely death lay all around from morning till night.• The untimely death of his father did nothing to alter the youngest Charlton's ambition.• Students and faculty told fond stories about Daniels and expressed their sorrow at his untimely death.• The chain of events I sparked off nearly led to my untimely demise.• His grandfather had met an untimely end as the result of too much whisky.• an untimely injury

untimely end• He loathed the sterile ritual of inspections, and this poor devil in his untimely end had saved him from that.

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Corpus

BNC: 19432 COCA: 18080

untimely

Not suitable or convenient: unsuitable, inappropriate, inconvenient...