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[ UK /ʌntˈa‍ɪmli/ ]
[ US /ənˈtaɪmɫi/ ]
ADVERB
  1. too soon; in a premature manner
    I spoke prematurely
ADJECTIVE
  1. badly timed
    an ill-timed intervention
    an untimely remark
    you think my intrusion unseasonable
    it was the wrong moment for a joke
  2. uncommonly early or before the expected time
    alcohol brought him to an untimely end
    illness led to his premature death

How To Use untimely In A Sentence

  • The president's untimely death has thrown the country into chaos.
  • We should look to the glory and splendor of the arena … Where even the most untalented one-hit-wonder will be able to regain a sliver of dignity before their untimely demise. 2010 February « The Graveyard
  • I sighed softly, relieved to have escaped another untimely lecture.
  • It was a pity he would have her blood on his hands - if someone tried to connect her untimely death to him, it would be a messy situation indeed.
  • She is good reading always, however much we may sometimes pish and pshaw at the untimely poppings-in of the platitudes and crotchets (for he was that most abominable of things, a platitudinous crotcheteer) of Richard her father. The English Novel
  • Ironically, Mr Egan's resting place is overlooked by the field where he met his untimely death in an electrocution.
  • The official reason given for his untimely death was acute enteritis (inflammation of the intestine) caused by a kick to the stomach.
  • Her untimely death weighs heavily on our hearts. Times, Sunday Times
  • Also, I am really surprised today about the untimely and inappropriate comments the leader of the National Party made this afternoon about our major trading partners.
  • Inspired by the legendary botanical gardens in Padua, Italy where the Medicis plotted the untimely, frothing ends of their enemies, an English duchess has created a garden dedicated entirely to flora deadly and/or narcotic. Alnwick Poison Gardens
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