inopportune

Adjective

inopportune (comparative more inopportune, superlative most inopportune)

1. Unsuitable for some particular purpose.
   • That was a most inopportune spot for a picnic.
   • "It appears I come at an inopportune time, madam," said he, "when my friend, Mr. Rochester, is from home; but I arrive from a very long journey, and I think I may presume so far on old and intimate acquaintance as to install myself here till he returns."1847 October 16, Currer Bell [pseudonym; Charlotte Brontë], chapter III, in Jane Eyre. […], volume II, London: Smith, Elder, and Co., […], →OCLC, page 77

   Synonyms:

   inappropriate

2. Happening/occurring at an inconvenient or inappropriate time.
   • The inopportune arrival of the bus cut short the interesting conversation.
   • The object is to keep the yard operators apprised of main-line movements, so that they do not plan to occupy the main lines with activity into or out of the yard at an inopportune juncture.1962 October, G[eoffrey] Freeman Allen, “The New Look in Scotland's Northern Division—II”, in Modern Railways, page 170

   Synonyms:

   ill-timed