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say it: uhn-TAHYM-lee
untimely is an adjective and adverb meaning "badly timed". It is pronounced /ənˈtaɪmli/ — uhn-TAHYM-lee. It carries 3 recorded senses.
badly timed
“an ill-timed intervention”
“you think my intrusion unseasonable”
“an untimely remark”
“it was the wrong moment for a joke”
uncommonly early or before the expected time
“illness led to his premature death”
“alcohol brought him to an untimely end”
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for untimely come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.