UNTIMELINESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does untimeliness mean? 

• UNTIMELINESS (noun)
  The noun UNTIMELINESS has 2 senses:

1. being at an inappropriate time

2. the quality of occurring at an inconvenient time

  Familiarity information: UNTIMELINESS used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• UNTIMELINESS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Being at an inappropriate time

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

unseasonableness; untimeliness

Hypernyms ("untimeliness" is a kind of...):

timing (the time when something happens)

Antonym:

timeliness (being at the right time)

Derivation:

untimely (uncommonly early or before the expected time)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The quality of occurring at an inconvenient time

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

inopportuneness; untimeliness

Hypernyms ("untimeliness" is a kind of...):

inconvenience (the quality of not being useful or convenient)

Derivation:

untimely (badly timed)