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Webster 1913 Edition


Inopportune

In-opˊpor-tune′

,
Adj.
[L.
inopportunus
: cf. F.
inopportun
. See
In-
not, and
Opportune
.]
Not opportune; inconvenient; unseasonable;
as, an
inopportune
occurrence, remark, etc.
No visit could have been more
inopportune
.
T. Hook.

Webster 1828 Edition


Inopportune

INOPPORTU'NE

,
Adj.
[L. inopportunus. See Opportune.]
Not opportune; inconvenient; unseasonable in time.

Definition 2024


inopportune

inopportune

English

Adjective

inopportune (comparative more inopportune, superlative most inopportune)

  1. unsuitable for some particular purpose
    That was a most inopportune spot for a picnic.
    • 1847, Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre, Chapter XVIII
      "It appears I come at an inopportune time, madam," said he, "when my friend, Mr. Rochester, is from home; but I arrive from a very long journey, and I think I may presume so far on old and intimate acquaintance as to install myself here till he returns."
  2. at an inconvenient or inappropriate time
    The inopportune arrival of the bus cut short the interesting conversation.

Antonyms

Translations


French

Adjective

inopportune

  1. feminine singular of inopportun

Italian

Adjective

inopportune f pl

  1. feminine plural of inopportuno

Latin

Adjective

inopportūne

  1. vocative masculine singular of inopportūnus