Examples of inopportune in a Sentence
He always shows up at the most inopportune times.
an inopportune sale of stocks
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With the midterms ahead and the economy teetering, this seems like a particularly inopportune time to have a spat with the first American pope — who also happens to come from Chicago, long one of the nation’s most Catholic cities.
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Clarence Page, Chicago Tribune, 20 Apr. 2026
But the gutting of the Forest Service couldn’t come at a more inopportune moment.
—Bill McKibben, New Yorker, 7 Apr. 2026
But that scoring has deserted them at an inopportune time.
—Steve Conroy, Boston Herald, 5 Apr. 2026
His glass eye never stayed in its place, falling out at the most inopportune moments.
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Clarence Page, Chicago Tribune, 20 Apr. 2026
But the gutting of the Forest Service couldn’t come at a more inopportune moment.
—Bill McKibben, New Yorker, 7 Apr. 2026
But that scoring has deserted them at an inopportune time.
—Steve Conroy, Boston Herald, 5 Apr. 2026
His glass eye never stayed in its place, falling out at the most inopportune moments.
—Literary Hub, 16 Mar. 2026
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“Inopportune.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/inopportune. Accessed 26 Apr. 2026.
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inopportune
adjective
in·op·por·tune
(ˌ)in-ˌäp-ər-ˈt(y)ün 
: inconvenient
an inopportune time
inopportunely
adverb
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