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Recent Examples of inopportune The Heat is dealing with injuries to its three best players at a most inopportune time. Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 7 Apr. 2025 The mystery illness came at an inopportune time for Betts. The Athletic Mlb Staff, The Athletic, 25 Mar. 2025 But the reality of her health intrudes at inopportune times. Rachel Handler, Vulture, 24 Mar. 2025 However, some of the production choices are jarring, thrusting viewers out of the tale at the most inopportune times. Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 12 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for inopportune
Recent Examples of Synonyms for inopportune
Adjective
  • The original movie was a modernized version of Jane Austen's Emma that depicted Cher setting out to help others fall in love, for her own benefit, then ending up finding romance herself in an unexpected place.
    Raechal Shewfelt, EW.com, 7 Aug. 2025
  • There have been some unexpected bumps along the way.
    David Lyman, The Enquirer, 7 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • With the score, Rivera surged to an early and sizable lead.
    Caroline Price, Forbes.com, 9 Aug. 2025
  • Officials anticipate finishing the section in early November before moving on to the third zone, which stretches from Lime Kiln to Wolf Pen Branch.
    Killian Baarlaer, The Courier-Journal, 9 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • This is a pressing issue for China’s population centers, as household air pollution from coal contributes to 420,000 premature deaths annually.
    Wesley Alexander Hill, Forbes.com, 11 Aug. 2025
  • On average, study participants who fast walked for at least 15 minutes every day saw a nearly 20% reduction in premature death compared with a 4% reduction among participants who walked slowly for a total of more than three hours a day.
    Gina Park, CNN Money, 11 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • Leave plenty of distance between you and the vehicle in front of you to account for sudden stops or changes in the traffic pattern.
    NC Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 17 Aug. 2025
  • Be aware of sudden re-direction of fires in response to passing outflow boundaries.
    CA Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 17 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • The fact that many of these late stars suffered tragic, untimely deaths adds to the ghoulishness of the display—all are shown grinning inanely at the camera, animated by the digital necromancy of generative AI.
    Dani Di Placido, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2025
  • Natasha’s untimely death devastated her family, including Neeson, her children and her mother, who opened up to PEOPLE in 2019 about the heartbreaking loss.
    Lynsey Eidell, People.com, 5 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • In this metaphor, Peter himself is, of course, Kavalier, a precocious trillionaire with a Roman Roy-like reluctance to sit normally in a chair or even wear shoes.
    Alison Herman, Variety, 5 Aug. 2025
  • Brazier held off the precocious 16-year-old Texan to win in a meet record 1:42.16, with Lutkenhaus shattering the world U18 best and the American U20 record with a stunning 1:42.27, fueled by a 12.48 final 100.
    Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 4 Aug. 2025

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“Inopportune.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inopportune. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.

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