Untimely
adjective
Happening or done at a bad time; not appropriate or suitable.
His death was untimely, as he was only thirty years old.
Often appears as...
- untimely death
- untimely end
adverb
Sooner than should be or expected.
He left the party untimely.
Often appears as...
- leave untimely
- arrive untimely
adjective
Happening or done at a bad time; not appropriate or suitable.
His death was untimely, as he was only thirty years old.
Often appears as...
- untimely death
- untimely end
adverb
Sooner than should be or expected.
He left the party untimely.
Often appears as...
- leave untimely
- arrive untimely
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Pro Tip 1/3Bad Timing
Use 'untimely' to stress that something occurred at a time that is inconvenient or causes sadness.
The untimely interruption ruined the surprise.
Pro Tip 2/3Emotional Weight
'Untimely' often carries a sad or negative emotional charge, especially with events like death or loss.
News of her untimely departure cast a shadow over the festivities.
Pro Tip 3/3Unexpectedness
Describes an event that occurs unexpectedly and usually with negative outcomes.
The untimely frost damaged the spring blooms.
Pro Tip 1/3Bad Timing
Use 'untimely' to stress that something occurred at a time that is inconvenient or causes sadness.
The untimely interruption ruined the surprise.
Pro Tip 2/3Emotional Weight
'Untimely' often carries a sad or negative emotional charge, especially with events like death or loss.
News of her untimely departure cast a shadow over the festivities.
Pro Tip 3/3Unexpectedness
Describes an event that occurs unexpectedly and usually with negative outcomes.
The untimely frost damaged the spring blooms.
Pro Tip 1/3Bad Timing
Use 'untimely' to stress that something occurred at a time that is inconvenient or causes sadness.
The untimely interruption ruined the surprise.
Pro Tip 2/3Emotional Weight
'Untimely' often carries a sad or negative emotional charge, especially with events like death or loss.
News of her untimely departure cast a shadow over the festivities.
Pro Tip 3/3Unexpectedness
Describes an event that occurs unexpectedly and usually with negative outcomes.
The untimely frost damaged the spring blooms.
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The science of cells...
So we had discovered something unheard the more chronic stress you are under, the shorter your telomeres, meaning the more likely you were to fall victim to an early disease span and perhaps untimely death. Our findings meant that people's life events
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Who was Confucius? -...
became one of China's greatest philosophers. Born to a nobleman but raised in poverty from a very young age following the untimely death of his father, Confucius developed what would become a lifelong sympathy for the suffering of the common people.
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The Excavation of...
There hadn't been time to finish an official tomb. So the jumbled objects and small tomb are explained. It was quickly assembled for the untimely death of a young man.
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The science of cells...
So we had discovered something unheard the more chronic stress you are under, the shorter your telomeres, meaning the more likely you were to fall victim to an early disease span and perhaps untimely death. Our findings meant that people's life events
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Who was Confucius? -...
became one of China's greatest philosophers. Born to a nobleman but raised in poverty from a very young age following the untimely death of his father, Confucius developed what would become a lifelong sympathy for the suffering of the common people.
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The Excavation of...
There hadn't been time to finish an official tomb. So the jumbled objects and small tomb are explained. It was quickly assembled for the untimely death of a young man.
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Quote examples
Elaine Chao
American Politician
It has long been said the only things in life that are certain are death and taxes. Automatic enrollment for insurance of 401k loans would add an additional certainty. Fewer Americans would suffer the unnecessary loss of retirement savings due to unanticipated and untimely misfortune in an already stressful time of need.
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Hans Urs von Balthasar
Swiss Theologian
It is, finally, a word is untimely in three different senses, and bearing it as one's treasure will not win one anyone's favours; one rather risks finding oneself outside everyone's camp... Beauty is the word that shall be our first.
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Robin Gibb
English Musician
The illness, and the untimely death of my brothers, has made me conscious of the fact that - rather than just think about it - it's crucial that you do today what you want to do.
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Joshua Sylvester
English Poet
They say that shadows of deceased ghosts Do haunt the houses and the graves about, Of such whose life's lamp went untimely out, Delighting still in their forsaken hosts.
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Adam Mansbach
American Author
The publishing industry stopped having new ideas out of respect for the untimely death of Ernest Hemingway in 1961 and has been doing everything the same way ever since.
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Kara Swisher
American Journalist
It is hard to look away from the swirl of media that the untimely and tragic death of Heath Ledger has engendered, and the Internet has jacked the frenzy into overdrive.
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Andrew Shue
American Actor
Teenagers too often have to deal with loss and death. You had to cope with the untimely death of your brother; how can young people deal with such tragedies?
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Kevin Macdonald
Scottish Director
People who die in an untimely way who are artists, somehow that validates their art, we feel. Why culturally we feel that, I don't know.
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Margot Robbie
Australian Actress
I have an irrational fear that I'm going to have a gruesome and untimely death because so many wonderful things are happening to me.
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Scott Coker
South Korean Athlete
We are all shocked and saddened by the devastating and untimely loss of Kimbo Slice, a beloved member of the Bellator family.
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Elaine Chao
American Politician
It has long been said the only things in life that are certain are death and taxes. Automatic enrollment for insurance of 401k loans would add an additional certainty. Fewer Americans would suffer the unnecessary loss of retirement savings due to unanticipated and untimely misfortune in an already stressful time of need.
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Hans Urs von Balthasar
Swiss Theologian
It is, finally, a word is untimely in three different senses, and bearing it as one's treasure will not win one anyone's favours; one rather risks finding oneself outside everyone's camp... Beauty is the word that shall be our first.
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Robin Gibb
English Musician
The illness, and the untimely death of my brothers, has made me conscious of the fact that - rather than just think about it - it's crucial that you do today what you want to do.
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Joshua Sylvester
English Poet
They say that shadows of deceased ghosts Do haunt the houses and the graves about, Of such whose life's lamp went untimely out, Delighting still in their forsaken hosts.
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Adam Mansbach
American Author
The publishing industry stopped having new ideas out of respect for the untimely death of Ernest Hemingway in 1961 and has been doing everything the same way ever since.
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Kara Swisher
American Journalist
It is hard to look away from the swirl of media that the untimely and tragic death of Heath Ledger has engendered, and the Internet has jacked the frenzy into overdrive.
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Andrew Shue
American Actor
Teenagers too often have to deal with loss and death. You had to cope with the untimely death of your brother; how can young people deal with such tragedies?
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Kevin Macdonald
Scottish Director
People who die in an untimely way who are artists, somehow that validates their art, we feel. Why culturally we feel that, I don't know.
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Margot Robbie
Australian Actress
I have an irrational fear that I'm going to have a gruesome and untimely death because so many wonderful things are happening to me.
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Scott Coker
South Korean Athlete
We are all shocked and saddened by the devastating and untimely loss of Kimbo Slice, a beloved member of the Bellator family.
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