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Meanings of ill-timed in anglès

Badly timed.

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Usage of ill-timed in anglès
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But critics of the administration called the unusually large lease sale ill-timed.
Reuters
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They talked earnestly about the ill-timed strike of the millmen at home.
The Harris-Ingram Experiment
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He did not disturb the wretchedness of her mind by ill-timed conversation.
Sense and Sensibility
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A murmur of disapproval went through the crowd at this ill-timed joke.
Garman and Worse: A Norwegian Novel
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Lorand was annoyed by the ill-timed jest which he did not understand.
Debts of Honor
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Extra insight around the late-evening may be ill-timed, but ultimately very useful!
The South African
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At that time I considered their demand for wages ill-timed and grasping.
The Blazed Trail
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South Sudan researcher Alan Boswell said Ajongo's death was ill-timed for Kiir.
Reuters
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Supposing you are saying this seriously and not as some ill-timed jest.
The Point of View
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Now that storm clouds are gathering, Osborne's austerity looks even more ill-timed.
The Guardian
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It was, lest Joe Devins should spoil it all by ill-timed words.
Twilight Stories
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So I ignored Mr. Tucker's ill-timed remark and proceeded to be sociable.
A Man of Samples. Something about the men he met "On the Road"
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I thought Louis's attempt at jocularity most ill-timed, but I said nothing.
The Empire Annual for Girls, 1911
14
We will abandon Labour's grotesquely ill-conceived and ill-timed new tax on family cars.
The Guardian
15
The jest was ill-timed; he was in too bitter a mood.
Olive: A Novel
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An ill-timed move would foil them even as success was in their grasp.
Truxton King: A Story of Graustark
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