A guest at an inopportune time is a heavy burden.
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Inopportune
Synonyms for "inopportune" (64 found)
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Related words (32)
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Antonyms
2 entriesderived
2 entriesderived from
1 entriesrelated to
7 entriessimilar
10 entriesTranslations
31 translations across 16 languages.
Bulgarian
2 entries- ненавременен adj (at an inconvenient or inappropriate time)
- неподходящ adj (unsuitable for some particular purpose)
Catalan
1 entries- inoportú adj (unsuitable for some particular purpose)
Dutch
3 entries- ongelegen adj (at an inconvenient or inappropriate time)
- ongepast adj (unsuitable for some particular purpose)
- ongeschikt adj (unsuitable for some particular purpose)
French
1 entries- inopportun adj (unsuitable for some particular purpose)
German
4 entries- ungeeignet adj (unsuitable for some particular purpose)
- ungelegen adj (at an inconvenient or inappropriate time)
- unpassend adj (unsuitable for some particular purpose)
- unpassend adj (at an inconvenient or inappropriate time)
Greek
1 entries- ανεπίκαιρος adj (at an inconvenient or inappropriate time)
Hindi
1 entries- असामयिक adj (at an inconvenient or inappropriate time)
Hungarian
2 entries- alkalmatlan adj (unsuitable for some particular purpose)
- alkalmatlan adj (at an inconvenient or inappropriate time)
Italian
1 entries- inopportuno adj (unsuitable for some particular purpose)
Macedonian
1 entries- незгоден adj (at an inconvenient or inappropriate time)
Portuguese
2 entries- inoportuno adj (unsuitable for some particular purpose)
- inoportuno adj (at an inconvenient or inappropriate time)
Romanian
3 entries- inoportun adj (unsuitable for some particular purpose)
- inoportun adj (at an inconvenient or inappropriate time)
- neoportun adj (at an inconvenient or inappropriate time)
Spanish
1 entries- inoportuno adj (at an inconvenient or inappropriate time)
Swedish
1 entries- oläglig adj (at an inconvenient or inappropriate time)
Ukrainian
3 entries- недоре́чний adj (unsuitable for some particular purpose)
- недоре́чний adj (at an inconvenient or inappropriate time)
- несвоєча́сний adj (at an inconvenient or inappropriate time)
Welsh
4 entries- amhridiol adj (unsuitable for some particular purpose)
- anamserol adj (at an inconvenient or inappropriate time)
- anghyfleus adj (unsuitable for some particular purpose)
- annhymig adj (at an inconvenient or inappropriate time)
Sample sentences
14 total sentences available.
If opportunity comes at an inopportune time, is it still opportunity?
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He came at an inopportune time.
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Tom came at an inopportune time.
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