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INOPPORTUNE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does inopportune mean?
• INOPPORTUNE (adjective)
The adjective INOPPORTUNE has 1 sense:
1. not opportune
Familiarity information: INOPPORTUNE used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Not opportune
Context example:
an inopportune visit
Similar:
ill-timed; unseasonable; untimely; wrong (badly timed)
inconvenient (not conveniently timed)
Also:
disadvantageous; unfavorable; unfavourable (involving or creating circumstances detrimental to success or effectiveness)
Antonym:
opportune (suitable or at a time that is suitable or advantageous especially for a particular purpose)
Derivation:
inopportuneness (the quality of occurring at an inconvenient time)
Context examples
Since Negook's inopportune visit, the Indians had avoided the cabin.
(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)
It appears I come at an inopportune time, madam, said he, when my friend, Mr. Rochester, is from home; but I arrive from a very long journey, and I think I may presume so far on old and intimate acquaintance as to instal myself here till he returns.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
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