too soon
Before the time
Too soon is a response to a joke or comment about a tragedy, death, or sensitive event that hasn't had enough time to become acceptable fodder for humor.
The phrase suggests the wound is still fresh: He made a 9/11 joke and someone muttered "too soon." What counts as too soon varies by audience and subject—some topics remain perpetually off-limits to many people.
- prematurelyBefore proper time
- ill-timedOccurring at wrong moment
- earlyOccurring before expected
- ahead of scheduleBefore the planned time
- hastyExcessively quick, ill-considered
jumped the gun · untimely · bad timing · unprepared · not ready · ill-considered · precipitate · unripe · inopportune · impulsive · misaligned · rushed · abortive · regretful · unintended consequences · anticipatory · previous · jumping the gun
- timing problemsdelay, lag, timeout, late arrival, late start
- Assumptionsfalse assumption, stereotypes, generalizations, biases, prejudices
- comedycomedy, jokes, humor, puns, sarcasm
- phrasesnoun phrases, noun phrase, verb phrase, prepositional phrase, prepositional phrases
too soontoo late
Past the cutoff
overdue · belated · behind schedule · tardy · delayed
too soonright on time
just in time · timely · well-timed · in the nick of time · opportune