ill-timed

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If one isn't aware of this happening, bad things can result from an ill-timed command line git command.

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badly timed; "an ill-timed intervention"; "you think my intrusion unseasonable"; "an untimely remark"; "it was the wrong moment for a joke"

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adjective

badly timed; "an ill-timed intervention"; "you think my intrusion unseasonable"; "an untimely remark"; "it was the wrong moment for a joke"

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for ill-timed.

adjective

badly timed; "an ill-timed intervention"; "you think my intrusion unseasonable"; "an untimely remark"; "it was the wrong moment for a joke"

Example sentences

If one isn't aware of this happening, bad things can result from an ill-timed command line git command.

No, the Times episode was clearly the result of an ill-considered and ill-timed system update that went south.

This HN posting was particularly ill-timed, they had a promo code for this particular book that expired on Nov 13th.

To be clear then, the program is "bad and ill-timed" because there is no educational framework or material ready to support the tablets.

> So what was the reason for your house being cold other than the ill-timed rennovation?I was there for my Biodynamic farming apprenticeship, and that was just what it was.

There was a horribly ill-timed splash during launch which resulted in a lot of visits for a week or two--they were obviously way too early, since most Cuil searches are disappointments.

That was ill-timed for Target, as one of my wife's students had just given us a gift certificate for Sam's Club, and we discovered that the much-maligned Sam's Club is better about returns and about customer service in general than Target.