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单词 untimely
释义
untimely
adjective
formal
uk
/ʌnˈtaɪm.li/us
/ʌnˈtaɪm.li/
Somethingbadthat is untimelyhappensunexpectedlyearly or at atimethat is notsuitable:
（坏事的发生）过早的；不合时宜的
It was thispassionforfastcarsthatledto his untimelydeathat theageof 43.对飙车的狂热致使他43岁就英年早逝。
Synonym
ill-timed
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Not expected or planned
  • abruptly
  • abruptness
  • ad hoc
  • ad hocism
  • ad hockery
  • extemporize
  • hoof
  • inconceivably
  • innocent
  • innocently
  • instinctive
  • instinctively
  • sine die
  • spirit
  • spontaneity
  • spontaneous
  • spontaneously
  • unannounced
  • unwitting
  • unwittingly
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(Definition ofuntimelyfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

untimely| American Dictionary

untimely
adjective
us
/ʌnˈtɑɪm·li/
(of somethingbad)happeningunexpectedlyearly or at atimewhich is notsuitable:
Aloveoffastcarsledto his untimelydeathat theageof 34.
(Definition ofuntimelyfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofuntimely

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He occupied this position after theuntimelydeath of his father more than a decade and half ago.
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The rift is observable up until the writer'suntimelydeath.
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Hisuntimelydeath limited his contributions to the literature of exploration.
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Hisuntimelydeath in 1998, however, means that he cannot clarify his point of view further.
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In most cases under discussion the massive sacrifices (of suffering anduntimelydeath) are not freely chosen.
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By that more sophisticated standard, the adaptationist research program has done quite well in recent decades, despite premature rumors of itsuntimelydemise.
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In fact, before itsuntimelydemise, this system did ultimately provide an instrument for composing audiovisual phenomena as abstract changes over time.
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Instead, a multifaceted but specific conceptualisation is employed, namely, vulnerability to a very poor quality of life or to anuntimelyor degrading death.
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In the face of her son'suntimelydeath, his talents and skills became her own.
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Along with them, we regret hisuntimelydeath.
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This is one of several moments at which one's regret for theuntimelydeath of such a committed scholar becomes especially acute.
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Given the veritable risk of psychological harm ofuntimelydisclosure, researchers would prefer to conduct studies without providing such sensitive medical information.
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This thesis was never examined owing to the tragic anduntimelydeath of the author.
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Some students see death as a paradox that appears simultaneously as a source of inspiration and despair, timely anduntimely, personal and impersonal.
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This led to a rich intellectual output, part pragmatic, part impatient activism and, unfortunately, hisuntimelydeath.
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