ill-timed
At wrong moment
Something ill-timed happens at an awkward or inappropriate moment, often causing embarrassment or disrupting plans.
An ill-timed joke during the eulogy lands badly; an ill-timed phone call interrupts a crucial conversation.
The term suggests poor judgment about when to act rather than the action itself being wrong.
His ill-timed resignation came just as the company was about to announce record profits.
Occurring before expected
- unseasonableInappropriate for the time
- unpropitiousNot favorable for success
- malaproposInappropriate to context
- misjudgedAssessed incorrectly
miscalculated · asynchronous · unsynchronized · early · late · delayed · hasty · rushed
Causing awkward self-consciousness
- uncomfortableCausing unease or distress
- cringe-worthyInducing secondhand embarrassment
- tactlessInsensitive in manner
- gaucheSocially awkward, unrefined
clumsy · inept · maladroit · blundering · graceless · self-conscious · inappropriate · indiscreet
Breaking in mid-speech
- intrusiveInvading others' privacy
- jarringDisturbingly incongruous
- derailingGoing off course
- interferingIntruding in others' affairs
obtrusive · disturbing · unsettling · disconcerting · meddlesome · dislocating · destabilizing · inconvenient
Deserving of sorrow
- unluckyProne to misfortune
- inauspiciousShowing poor prospects
- unfavorableNot in your benefit
- adverseHarmful or opposed
disadvantageous · detrimental · harmful · damaging · costly · ruinous · disastrous · calamitous
premature
Occurring before expected
- unseasonableInappropriate for the time
- unpropitiousNot favorable for success
- malaproposInappropriate to context
misjudged · miscalculated · asynchronous · unsynchronized · early · late · delayed · hasty · rushed · belated
embarrassing
Causing awkward self-consciousness
- uncomfortableCausing unease or distress
- cringe-worthyInducing secondhand embarrassment
- tactlessInsensitive in manner
gauche · clumsy · inept · maladroit · blundering · graceless · self-conscious · inappropriate · indiscreet · impolitic
interrupting
Breaking in mid-speech
interfering · obtrusive · disturbing · unsettling · disconcerting · meddlesome · dislocating · destabilizing · inconvenient · bothersome
regrettable
Deserving of sorrow
- unluckyProne to misfortune
- inauspiciousShowing poor prospects
- unfavorableNot in your benefit
adverse · disadvantageous · detrimental · harmful · damaging · costly · ruinous · disastrous · calamitous · woeful
ill-timedwell-timed
Happening at the best moment
timely · opportune · seasonable · appropriate · propitious
time, ill, timeless, timely, timed, timing, untimely, ill-advised, ill-fated