On this page you'll find 10+ example sentences with Inopportune. Discover the meaning, synonyms such as unseasonable or untimely and how to use the word correctly in a sentence.
Inopportune in a sentence
Inopportune meaning
- Unsuitable for some particular purpose.
- Happening/occurring at an inconvenient or inappropriate time.
Synonyms of Inopportune
Using Inopportune
- The main meaning on this page is: Unsuitable for some particular purpose. | Happening/occurring at an inconvenient or inappropriate time.
- Useful related words include: ill-timed, unseasonable, untimely, wrong.
- In the example corpus, inopportune often appears in combinations such as: an inopportune, inopportune time, at inopportune.
Context around Inopportune
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.2 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 6 middle, 10 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Inopportune
- In this selection, "inopportune" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 23.2 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, remarkably, moment, times and moments stand out and add context to how "inopportune" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include at an inopportune time and a remarkably inopportune time to. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "inopportune" sits close to words such as abdulrasheed, abhinav and aboriginals, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with inopportune
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
You have unfortunate injuries at inopportune times. (7 words)
I didn’t make loose swings at an inopportune time. (10 words)
Jefte and Souttar both slipped at inopportune moments, with Jefte going down again. (13 words)
Lou just released a new book called Sonic Warrior: My Life as a Rock N Roll Reprobate: Tales of Sex, Drugs, and Vomiting at Inopportune Moments, and shares tales of smoking up with Snoop Dogg and going to the arctic circle with Metallica. (43 words)
For Fox, the Dish blackout came at an inopportune moment, as it kicked-off its first traditional broadcast season in its newly slimmed-down form as Fox Corp. following the $71.3 billion deal with Disney. (36 words)
There's contrived padding, too -- a few locked doors require a conspicuous amount of legwork to unlock, and one chapter is extended by 20 minutes because a rat steals a key at an inopportune time. (35 words)
The woman whose job is to sell Glasgow to the world is supposed to host civic receptions in an outfit produced in sweat shops and likely to fall apart at an inopportune moment? (33 words)
Example sentences (20)
At an inopportune moment, he blurts it out and clues Rhona in that he bumped into Gus and pregnant Lucy at the hospital.
I didn’t make loose swings at an inopportune time.
Part of Biden’s reluctance to express more criticism could be rooted in the fact that the Chinese balloon appeared at an inopportune time for him.
We've all been there — in desperate need of a certain tool at the most inopportune time.
You have unfortunate injuries at inopportune times.
Jefte and Souttar both slipped at inopportune moments, with Jefte going down again.
Lou just released a new book called Sonic Warrior: My Life as a Rock N Roll Reprobate: Tales of Sex, Drugs, and Vomiting at Inopportune Moments, and shares tales of smoking up with Snoop Dogg and going to the arctic circle with Metallica.
There's contrived padding, too -- a few locked doors require a conspicuous amount of legwork to unlock, and one chapter is extended by 20 minutes because a rat steals a key at an inopportune time.
The resulting inertia will degrade U.S. sanctions as an effective tool, further human suffering in Cuba and Venezuela, and exacerbate international polarization at the most inopportune of times.
The trial’s resumption thus comes at inopportune timing for the long-serving leader.
But if this were true, he chose a remarkably inopportune time to make this move.
For Fox, the Dish blackout came at an inopportune moment, as it kicked-off its first traditional broadcast season in its newly slimmed-down form as Fox Corp. following the $71.3 billion deal with Disney.
The woman whose job is to sell Glasgow to the world is supposed to host civic receptions in an outfit produced in sweat shops and likely to fall apart at an inopportune moment?
But as history has proven, Murphy's Law can trigger an update at an inopportune time.
Subsequent universities put onerous conditions on Spencer’s appearance, such as speaking at inopportune times like spring break or paying large security deposits.
The game is freezing at inopportune times, traps occasionally won’t go off, and some all-too-familiar server issues are occurring (which Epic is ratifying by giving you 20 free battle stars).
Yes, Sexton caught the 46-year-old Oscar winner at an inopportune time.
None of the bishops who had argued that proclaiming the definition was inopportune refused to accept it.
Part of the change management process ensures that changes are not implemented at inopportune times when they may disrupt critical business processes or interfere with other changes being implemented.
Peter, furthermore, had chosen the most inopportune moment; the Europeans at the time were more concerned about who would succeed the childless Spanish King Charles II than about fighting the Ottoman Sultan.
Common combinations with inopportune
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- an inopportune 8×
- inopportune time 7×
- at inopportune 7×
- inopportune moment 4×
- inopportune times 4×
- most inopportune 3×
- inopportune moments 2×