Synonyms for inopportune
- adjective
Most common
All synonyms
Adjective
ill-timed, inconvenient, untimely, unseasonable, bad, inappropriate, wrong, unsuitable, unhappy, unfit, mistimed, unseemly, inept, improper, malapropos, intempestive dated, untimeous dated
Definitions
- adj. 1
Unsuitable for some particular purpose.
That was a most inopportune spot for a picnic.
Related words
- Word family
- inopportunely inopportuneness
Example sentences
- inconvenient Illness can often occur at a very inconvenient time.
- untimely Those loved by many are liable to untimely death.
- unseasonable There is no unseasonable weather, there is only a wrong choice of clothes.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| inopportune | steady | |
| inconvenient | steady | |
| untimely | steady | |
| unseasonable | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 3 letters
- bad1
- 5 letters
- wrong1, unfit2, inept2
- 7 letters
- unhappy3
- 8 letters
- improper3, untimely3, unseemly3, mistimed
- 9 letters
- untimeous
- 10 letters
- unsuitable4, malapropos
- 12 letters
- inconvenient4, unseasonable, intempestive
- 13 letters
- inappropriate5
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (unfit2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- inopportun
- Italiano
- inopportuno