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untimeliness

untimeliness

7.6
A thing that happens at the wrong time and causes problems
  • noun
  • /ʌnˈtaɪmliːnəs/
translation icon : inoportunidad
  • The untimeliness of her arrival made the meeting awkward for everyone involved.

Examples

  • His untimeliness in responding to the invitation caused tension among the friends.

  • We reserve the right not to publish comments based on such concerns as redundancy, incivility, untimeliness, poor writing, etc.

    Blog text (1)

  • It seems that Jarman is trying to situate queer identity in a condition of "untimeliness."

    Academic text (1999)

  • The proposal was rejected due to its untimeliness, as it was submitted after the deadline.

Synonyms

inopportuneness
vsuntimeliness
9.6

The fact of happening at a bad time and causing problems

uses wording that stresses being inappropriate or inconvenient
unseasonableness
vsuntimeliness
9.5

Happening at an unsuitable time

describes the same quality using the word inconvenient

Antonyms

punctuality
16 3.5

Arriving or finishing things at the agreed time

timeliness
5 4.8

Happening at the right time

How Timely

promptness
4 3.5
timeliness
5 4.8
untimeliness
7.6

Surface Forms

untimeliness singular
untimelinesses plural

Morphology

untimeliness = untimely (transparent) = un + timely + ness

Standard noun formation from the adjective 'untimely' indicating the state or quality of being untimely.

Etymology

The word untimeliness contains un- 'not', time 'when something happens', and -ness 'state'. So untimeliness means the state of 'not at the right time', like a message or arrival that comes at a bad moment and makes things worse.