bad time

noun

: not the right moment to do something or for something to happen

Am I calling at a bad time? Are you very busy?

Examples of bad time in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Best Time to Visit The Intracoastal Waterway is beautiful and calm most of the year, so there’s no bad time to spend a day on Peanut Island. —Heema Patel, Travel + Leisure, 4 Jan. 2026

There’s never a good time for these kinds of seasons, never a good time to miss out on the playoffs altogether, but, man, the Chiefs sure picked a bad time for their whiff. —Kansas City Star, 2 Jan. 2026

But the reality is that there's never a bad time to regain your financial health and security, and in today's unique economic landscape, many could actually benefit from taking a proactive approach. —CBS News, 25 Nov. 2025

Best time to visit There’s no bad time to visit, but there are often more events and larger crowds during Pride month in June. —Zach Wichter, USA Today, 3 Nov. 2025

Rhymes for bad time

• airtime
• bedtime
• daytime
• downtime
• enzyme
• halftime
• lifetime
• longtime
• lunchtime
• mealtime
• meantime
• nighttime