noun
Meaning 1
The state of being untimely.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: intempestivity
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
untimeliness
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noun
Meaning 2
the quality of occurring at an inconvenient time
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: inopportuneness
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: inconvenience
noun
Meaning 3
being at an inappropriate time
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: unseasonableness
Antonyms: timeliness
Broader terms: timing
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English untimely Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English untimeliness From untimely + -ness.
Across languages
Translations
12 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: ненавременност (nenavremennost) — state of being untimely
- Catalan: intempestivitat — state of being untimely
- Catalan: deshora — state of being untimely
- Estonian: ajakohatus — state of being untimely
- Finnish: huono ajoitus — state of being untimely
- Finnish: ennenaikaisuus — state of being untimely
- French: intempestivité — state of being untimely
- German: Ungelegenheit — state of being untimely
- German: Unzeitigkeit — state of being untimely
- Greek: ανεπικαιρότητα (anepikairótita) — state of being untimely
- Hungarian: időszerűtlenség — state of being untimely
- Spanish: deshora — state of being untimely