ill-timed

How To Use ill-timed In A Sentence

• He became reluctant to run the ball when pressured and sometimes threw ill-timed passes.
• An unforeseen and ill-timed coughing incident means a huge great glop of red wine leaves your glass and lands on the sofa cushions.
• The ill-timed revelation not only stalled his own bid for freedom, but also stunted his identity.
• But with the world economy slowing, it is singularly ill-timed nonetheless.
• Seconds later in a fit of nerves, he muffed the snap count, jumped early and drew an ill-timed five-yard penalty. An NFL Redemption Story
• Ill-timed injury was partly to blame, but so was an innocent jest that went wrong.
• And all of these, as we know, come with a hefty price tag -- ill-timed as we continue to see stagnant job growth and unemployment numbers. Blanche Lincoln: Avoid Extremes to Solve our Nation's Problems
• She hadn't written about a painter since her ill-timed Picasso profile in I939, which she thought she'd ultimately botched. ISAAC CAMPION
• U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates called on NATO allies and other nations with troops in Afghanistan not to make what he called "ill-timed, precipitous, or uncoordinated" withdrawals after the United States begins its gradual drawdown in July. Gates Warns Coalition Not to Abandon Afghanistan
• The plaint is old and familiar, but not misplaced or ill-timed.