Examples of inopportune in a Sentence
He always shows up at the most inopportune times.
an inopportune sale of stocks
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Lugo’s injury comes at an inopportune time.
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Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 4 Sep. 2025
Although there are occasional car chases and shootouts and eventually an upsettingly high body count, its cops are not particularly competent (Lizzie, in fact, is notably incompetent, prone to freezing up at inopportune times), and its criminals not especially clever.
—Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 28 Aug. 2025
But with the final year of his contract approaching, the 33-year-old is slumping at an inopportune time.
—Jackson Roberts, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Aug. 2025
The same approach applies to being awake at an inopportune time.
—Angela Haupt, Time, 21 Aug. 2025
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Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 4 Sep. 2025
Although there are occasional car chases and shootouts and eventually an upsettingly high body count, its cops are not particularly competent (Lizzie, in fact, is notably incompetent, prone to freezing up at inopportune times), and its criminals not especially clever.
—Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 28 Aug. 2025
But with the final year of his contract approaching, the 33-year-old is slumping at an inopportune time.
—Jackson Roberts, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Aug. 2025
The same approach applies to being awake at an inopportune time.
—Angela Haupt, Time, 21 Aug. 2025
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“Inopportune.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/inopportune. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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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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