[
UK
/ʌntˈaɪmli/
]
[ US /ənˈtaɪmɫi/ ]
[ US /ənˈtaɪmɫi/ ]
ADVERB
-
too soon; in a premature manner
I spoke prematurely
ADJECTIVE
-
badly timed
an ill-timed intervention
an untimely remark
you think my intrusion unseasonable
it was the wrong moment for a joke -
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