inopportune moment

collocation in English

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inopportune
adjective
uk
/ɪˈnɒp.ə.tʃuːn/us
/ˌɪnˌɑː.pɚˈtuːn/
happening or done at a time that is not suitable ...
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moment
noun
uk
/ˈməʊ.mənt/us
/ˈmoʊ.mənt/
a very short period ...
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(Definition ofinopportuneandmomentfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The 1882 census, for example, was taken at the mostinopportunemoment.
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I am sorry to intervene at what is perhaps aninopportunemoment.
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I do not know what this is all about, but this would seem a somewhatinopportunemomentto do that.
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That is one reason why this proposal is put forward at aninopportunemoment.
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That means that this is aninopportunemoment.
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It was a pure coincidence that it came at aninopportunemoment.
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Given that such a policy may be implemented, this report appears at aninopportunemoment.
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This is a particularlyinopportunemomentto make this change in such an extreme and drastic way.
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Some people might think that this was a ratherinopportunemomentto debate the military aircraft procurement problems.
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This is a mostinopportunemomentto seek to make a transfer of functions.
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Whilst we see the certainty of this pay having to be discontinued at some time or other, we think this is the mostinopportunemomentto be chosen for it.
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With the construction industry facing a recession, it seems a mostinopportunemomentto introduce the changes which effectively will put yet more burdens on industry.
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With live operations and an overstretched front line dependent upon superhuman logistical effort, now seems a veryinopportunemomentto be forging ahead with new, untried and untested arrangements.
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He is the comic relief of the group, dropping tactless comments at the mostinopportunemomentand hitting on women and the female party members.
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The horsewoman's skirts were not to fly up at inopportune moments.
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Unfortunately, such incidents have happened before at inopportune moments.
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These impairments often result in a decreased attention span; persons who consider themselves well-rested may still succumb to drowsiness at inopportune moments.
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Non-player characters in town have a tendency to walk twice as fast as the player; causing them to catch up to the player at inopportune moments.
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