INOPPORTUNE


Meaning of INOPPORTUNE in English

/ ɪnˈɒpətjuːn; NAmE ɪnˌɑːpərˈtuːn/ adjective

( formal ) happening at a bad time

SYN inappropriate , inconvenient :

They arrived at an inopportune moment.

OPP opportune

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WORD ORIGIN

early 16th cent.: from Latin inopportunus , from in- not + opportunus , from ob- in the direction of + portus harbour, originally describing the wind driving towards the harbour, hence seasonable.

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне.