inopportune time
collocation in Englishmeaningsofinopportuneandtime
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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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time
noun
uk/taɪm/us/taɪm/
the part of existence that is measured in minutes, days, years, etc., or this process considered as ...
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This is a mostinopportunetimeto put forward these proposals.
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This is a mostinopportunetimeeven to contemplate increasing a duty of this kind.
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I should have thought that this was a mostinopportunetimeto announce a decision on finance.
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He himself, with his usual frankness—a quality all too rare, but which has never been absent from his life—said that it waninopportunetime.
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It has been said that it is aninopportunetimeat which to pass this legislation.
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I agree with what has been said with regard to theinopportunetimefor bringing forward this measure.
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It has happened at a mostinopportunetimein the financial position of the colony.
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So it is a particularlyinopportunetimeto effect further changes.
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This debate, though short and at aninopportunetime, will have some lasting benefit.
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It is long since we have had such a peaceful period, and it is aninopportunetimeto interfere with the industry at all.
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It is a mostinopportunetime; it is the very worst time at which it could have come.
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It is extremely important that continuity is guaranteed and that there is not a sudden withdrawal of an operator at a mostinopportunetime.
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It would have been a mostinopportunetimeto bring forward a sweeping political change.
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I know very well that it is a ratherinopportunetimeto talk of increased expenditure, but the teachers have a very sound case.
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I submit that the present time, when only about half the slum clearance work has been completed, is a singularlyinopportunetimefor a change of subsidy.
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I said myself that you could not get a moreinopportunetime, and obviously we are not justified in doing it unless there is urgent reason for it.
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Bill, and there was frequently the cry then that it was aninopportunetime.
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This appears to us a veryinopportunetimeto commit ourselves in advance to measures which will diminish our elasticity in dealing with our own tariffs.
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Rather, there are empirical methods that can be used during system development or after the system is delivered, usually a moreinopportunetime.
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Enemies can also effectively feint, in order to trick the player into blocking at aninopportunetime, leaving themselves open for the real attack.
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