Meanings
plural untimelinesses
- uncountableusuallyThe state of being untimely.
He does not grudge their honoring the powers of Heaven: it is their terror and the untimeliness of their prayers that he deprecates.
1924, Herbert Weir Smyth, “V. The Seven Against Thebes”, in Aeschylean Tragedy, page 135Synonyms: intempestivity, impunctuality, intempestivity, unpunctuality, unseasonability, unseasonableness
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe state of being untimely.
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Origin
Translations
Bulgarian ненавременност
- ненавременност (nenavremennost)state of being untimely
Catalan intempestivitat, deshora
- intempestivitatstate of being untimely
- deshorastate of being untimely
Estonian ajakohatus
- ajakohatusstate of being untimely
Finnish huono ajoitus, ennenaikaisuus
- huono ajoitusstate of being untimely
- ennenaikaisuusstate of being untimely
French intempestivité
- intempestivitéstate of being untimely
German Ungelegenheit, Unzeitigkeit
- Ungelegenheitstate of being untimely
- Unzeitigkeitstate of being untimely
Greek ανεπικαιρότητα
- ανεπικαιρότητα (anepikairótita)state of being untimely
Hungarian időszerűtlenség
- időszerűtlenségstate of being untimely
Spanish deshora
- deshorastate of being untimely
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untimeliness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/untimeliness
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