How to use untimely in a sentence
12 example sentences · adjective, adverb
Untimely means at an inopportune time. Example: “Calcium bursts would increase spermatozoa motility, where cholesterol would decapacitate spermatozoa, so preventing untimely activation.”
Examples of untimely by meaning
adjectiveEarly; premature.
- an untimely death
adverbPrematurely.
- They light fires under fruit trees to keep the fruit from falling untimely.1911, James George Frazer, The Golden Bough, volume 10, page 215
More sentences with untimely
- Calcium bursts would increase spermatozoa motility, where cholesterol would decapacitate spermatozoa, so preventing untimely activation.From the entry decapacitate
- They met an untimely doom when the mineshaft caved in.From the entry doom
- A child untimely ripped from its parents' arms.From the entry rip
- The president's untimely statement disrupted some very sensitive negotiations.From the entry sensitive
- Her untimely death jolted us all.From the entry jolt
- Anyone acting against the instructions of the spiritman was likely to come to an untimely end.2013, Graham Reed, The Blue Butterfly, page 30. From the entry spirit man
- Many persons meet untimely deaths, children become homeless; husbands become wivesless and vice versa.1987, Em E Aṃsārī, Tribals in Criminal Web, Jaipur: Publication Scheme, page 148. From the entry wivesless
- The resulting package is part temporary and part permanent, part timely and part untimely, part targeted and part untargeted.2009 January 30, David Brooks, “Cleaner and Faster”, in New York Times. From the entry untargeted
- There is a mob in every drama--poor mob that always loses, of untimely arousings, mere bewildered strength in the wiles of strategy.1912, Will Levington Comfort, Fate Knocks at the Door. From the entry arousing
- While straining to wedge a fresh slice of turducken into your gaping maw you choke to death on a stray bone and the irony of your untimely demise.2016, John C. Havens, Heartificial Intelligence: Embracing Our Humanity to Maximize Machines, Jeremy P. Tarcher/Penguin, →ISBN. From the entry turducken
Meaning of untimely
- adjective At an inopportune time.
- adjective Early; premature.
- adverb Prematurely.
Questions about untimely in a sentence
- How do you use untimely in a sentence?
- Untimely is used as an adjective and adverb. For example: “Calcium bursts would increase spermatozoa motility, where cholesterol would decapacitate spermatozoa, so preventing untimely activation.”
- What is a short sentence with untimely?
- “an untimely death”
- What does untimely mean?
- Untimely means at an inopportune time.
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