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

Even the cutie Chi has to convince her mom that there's no bad time to snack on a candy cane. —Andrea Wurzburger, PEOPLE, 15 Jan. 2026

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

Rhymes for bad time

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