Inopportune

Origin

- + opportune.

Full definition of inopportune

Adjective

1. unsuitable for some particular purposeThat was a most inopportune spot for a picnic.
• 1847, Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre, Chapter XVIII"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."
2. at an inconvenient or inappropriate timeThe inopportune arrival of the bus cut short the interesting conversation.

Antonyms

• opportune