Dictionary Entry
untimely
untimely is a 8-letter English word with 5 senses as adjective and adverb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Not timely; done or happening at an unnatural, unusual, or improper time; unseasonable; premature; inopportune; as, untimely frosts; untimely remarks; an untimely death. Face value is 13 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
8 letters · Scrabble 13 · Words With Friends 16 · 5 senses
Definitions
- 1adjective
Not timely; done or happening at an unnatural, unusual, or improper time; unseasonable; premature; inopportune; as, untimely frosts; untimely remarks; an untimely death.
- 2adverb
Out of the natural or usual time; inopportunely; prematurely; unseasonably.
- 3adjective
uncommonly early or before the expected time
"illness led to his premature death"
"alcohol brought him to an untimely end"
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- 4adjective
badly timed
"an ill-timed intervention"
"you think my intrusion unseasonable"
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- 5adverb
too soon; in a premature manner
"I spoke prematurely"
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