ungodly hour

noun

: a time of day that is unreasonably early or late
Who would call at this ungodly hour?

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Bob Bronson finally won’t have to wake up at an ungodly hour. — Rick Sobey, Boston Herald, 22 May 2026 With no lifts spinning at this ungodly hour, Ski Utah had permission to drive a van up a Brian Head service road to the top of a short feeder run called Blackfoot Access. — Tim Neville, Travel + Leisure, 27 Jan. 2026 Sometimes an unusual celestial sight will take place at a rather ungodly hour. — Joe Rao, Space.com, 15 Sep. 2025 To be honest, I was absolutely pissed at the colleague for calling at such an ungodly hour. — R29 Team, Refinery29, 12 Sep. 2025 There’s this old Dunkin Donuts commercial where an alarm buzzes at an ungodly hour of the morning. — Christine Yu, Outside Online, 17 Mar. 2025 And so it’s been fun -- aside from waking up at an ungodly hour to drive to one corner of the state to the other. — Abc News, ABC News, 15 Jan. 2024

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“Ungodly hour.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ungodly%20hour. Accessed 4 Oct. 2026.

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