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untimeliness
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun untimeliness has 2 senses
- untimeliness(n = noun.attribute) unseasonableness - being at an inappropriate time; Array is a kind of timing
- untimeliness(n = noun.attribute) inopportuneness - the quality of occurring at an inconvenient time; Array is a kind of inconvenience
Antonym: timeliness
Derived form adjective untimely2
Derived form adjective untimely1
ROGET THESAURUS
untimeliness
Untimeliness
N untimeliness, intempestivity, unseasonableness, inexpedience, unsuitable time, improper time, unreasonableness, evil hour, contretemps, intrusion, anachronism, bad time, wrong time, inappropriate time, not the right occasion, unsuitable time, inopportune time, poor timing, ill-timed, mistimed, ill-fated, ill-omened, ill-starred, untimely, unseasonable, out of date, out of season, inopportune, timeless, intrusive, untoward, mal a propos, unlucky, inauspicious, infelicitous, unbefitting, unpropitious, unfortunate, unfavorable, unsuited, inexpedient, unpunctual, too late for, premature, too soon for, wise after the event, monday morning quarterbacking, twenty-twenty hindsight, inopportunely, as ill luck would have it, in an evil hour, the time having gone by, a day after the fair, after death the doctor, after meat mustard.
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