Definitions for untimeliness

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

un•time•lyʌnˈtaɪm li(adj.; adv.)-li•er, -li•est

  1. (adj.)not timely; not occurring at a suitable time or season; ill-timed or inopportune.

  2. happening too soon or too early; premature.

    Category: Common Vocabulary

  3. (adv.)prematurely.

  4. unseasonably.

Origin of untimely:

1150–1200

un•time′li•ness(n.)

Princeton's WordNet

  1. unseasonableness, untimeliness(noun)

    being at an inappropriate time

  2. inopportuneness, untimeliness(noun)

    the quality of occurring at an inconvenient time

Wiktionary

  1. untimeliness(Noun)

    The state of being untimely.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Untimeliness(noun)

    unseasonableness


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