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Recent Examples of inopportune 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 But the cases come at a politically inopportune time for Adams. Josephine Stratman, New York Daily News, 20 Aug. 2025 Oluwaseyi is United’s top scorer (10 goals), and the inopportune timing of his exit will likely crimp one of the Loons’ best seasons (second place in Western Conference) going into the final seven matches. Andy Greder, Twin Cities, 20 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for inopportune
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Adjective
  • The leader of a local hoteliers group involved in planning the Aftershock Festival said rain on the morning of the opening day was unexpected.
    Graham Womack, Sacbee.com, 2 Oct. 2025
  • Comedian Bill Burr, after performing at the show’s opening night on Friday, defended the project on his podcast, suggesting that the cultural exchange could have unexpected benefits.
    James Hibberd, HollywoodReporter, 2 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Voters also tend to lean more nationalist and conservative during economic downturns, said Hajime Kidera, a professor at Meiji University’s School of Political Science and Economics – which is one reason Abe was so popular during the post-recession early 2010s.
    Jessie Yeung, CNN Money, 3 Oct. 2025
  • Some schools offer early childhood education, pre-K and special programs for students with special needs.
    Rachel Wegner, Nashville Tennessean, 3 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Conditions included premature rupture of the membrane, cardiac disease and preeclampsia, according to the state report.
    Jessie Balmert, Cincinnati Enquirer, 2 Oct. 2025
  • Awarding him alone seemed premature, and no experimental physicist in quantum theory had been nominated to share the honour.
    Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 2 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Earthquakes' sudden, rapid shaking can cause fires, tsunamis, landslides or avalanches.
    CA Earthquake Bot, Sacbee.com, 4 Oct. 2025
  • Sources close to the couple said the breakup was far from sudden.
    Stephanie Giang-Paunon, FOXNews.com, 4 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • This very publication grieved its untimely passing.
    Li Goldstein, Bon Appetit Magazine, 3 Oct. 2025
  • Yolonda Ross also spent all seven seasons portraying Jada, but her fan favorite character met an untimely end in the finale.
    Andy Swift, TVLine, 1 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Lea, a precocious young athlete not yet a teenager, was inspired enough to bring along a notebook and jot some of them down.
    Rustin Dodd, New York Times, 21 Sep. 2025
  • As Delia, Ephram's little sister, Vivien Cardone was precocious, curious, and bluntly honest.
    Eric King, Entertainment Weekly, 16 Sep. 2025

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“Inopportune.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inopportune. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.

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