noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   Lack of opportunity or chances to do something uncountable
2. 2
   unseasonableness, or wrong or inadequate time to do something archaic, uncountable
3. 3
   inconvenience. uncountable

Synonyms

All synonyms

improprietyinappropriatenessinconvenienceinexpedienceinfelicityinterruption

Etymology

From in- + opportunity, from Latin inopportunitas.

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