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intempestivity

/ɪntɛmpɛˈstɪvɪti/

intempestivity noun: unseasonability; untimeliness.

Noun

intempestivity (uncountable)

  1. Unseasonability; untimeliness.
    • This “untimeliness” has nothing to do with the “intempestivity” of Nietzsche, which implies a denial of the present and an affirmation of future values.1957, Renato Poggioli, The Phoenix and the Spider: A Book of Essays About Some Russian Writers and Their View of the Self, Harvard University Press, page 191
    • I do not know if he wrote his own script, but whoever did, his subsequent pep talk was a masterpiece of intempestivity.1974, Michael Pertwee, Name Dropping: The Autobiography of Michael Pertwee, Frewin, →ISBN, page 71

Examples of intempestivity in a sentence

  • Sperm Productions, that innocent company dragged yet again into another Schultz intempestivity.1979, James Patrick Donleavy, Schultz, Delacorte Press/Seymour Lawrence, →ISBN, page 329:
  • I]n general, there has been insufficient realization of the intempestivity of much theoretical debate within the discipline.1989, William Outhwaite, “Philosophy and Social Science: Towards Reconciliation?”, in The Polish Sociological Bulletin, number 87/88...
  • The system should avoid certain inherent distortions to the generated processes of centralized structure, such as ritualism, intempestivity, bureaucracy, imposition of norms, etc.2002, Odorico Monteiro de Andrade, Management of the Brazilian Health System, CONASEMS, →ISBN, page 150:

Synonyms of intempestivity

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Origin of intempestivity

From the Latin intempestīvitās; cognate with the French intempestivité.

Questions about intempestivity

What does intempestivity mean?
Intempestivity means unseasonability; untimeliness.
How do you use intempestivity in a sentence?
Sperm Productions, that innocent company dragged yet again into another Schultz intempestivity.
What part of speech is intempestivity?
Intempestivity is a noun.
How do you pronounce intempestivity?
Intempestivity is pronounced /ɪntɛmpɛˈstɪvɪti/ (UK).

Words near intempestivity in the dictionary

  1. intemperating
  2. intemperature
  3. intemperaunce
  4. intempestive
  5. intempestively
  6. intempestivity
  7. intemporal
  8. intenable
  9. intence
  10. intencely
  11. intend

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