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UNTIMELINESS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The quality of occurring at an inconvenient time
Synonyms:
inopportuneness; untimeliness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("untimeliness" is a kind of...):
inconvenience (the quality of not being useful or convenient)
Derivation:
untimely (badly timed)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Being at an inappropriate time
Synonyms:
unseasonableness; untimeliness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
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)