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Thesaurus: untimely

Not timely; done or happening at an unnatural, unusual, or improper time; unseasonable; premature; inopportune; as, untimely frosts; untimely remarks; an untimely death.

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  1. a. Not timely; done or happening at an unnatural, unusual, or improper time; unseasonable; premature; inopportune; as, untimely frosts; untimely remarks; an untimely death.
  2. adv. Out of the natural or usual time; inopportunely; prematurely; unseasonably.
  3. adj. badly timed
  4. adj. uncommonly early or before the expected time
  5. adv. too soon; in a premature manner
  6. Not timely; done or happening at an unnatural, unusual, or improper time; unseasonable; premature; inopportune; as, untimely frosts; untimely remarks; an untimely death. Out of the natural or usual time; inopportunely; prematurely; unseasonably. "Let them know . . . what's untimely done." Shak.
  7. Not timely; done or happening at an unnatural, unusual, orimproper time; unseasonable; premature; inopportune; as, untimelyfrosts; untimely remarks; an untimely death.
  8. j:100 s badly timed s uncommonly early or before the expected time r too soon; in a premature manner