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UNTIMELY

\ʌntˈa͡ɪmli], \ʌntˈa‍ɪmli], \ʌ_n_t_ˈaɪ_m_l_i]\

Definitions of UNTIMELY

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language

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

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
By Oddity Software

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

1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
By Noah Webster.

Not at the right moment or on the right occasion: happening too soon.
Inopportunely; too soon.

1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer

Coming before time or not in proper time; unseasonable.

1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
By James Champlin Fernald

adv. Before the natural or usual time; prematurely; unseasonably.

1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language

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