inopportune
in·op·por·tune BrE [ɪnˈɒpətjuːn] NAmE [ɪnˌɑːpərˈtuːn] adjective (formal)
happening at a bad time
Syn: ↑inappropriate, Syn: ↑inconvenient
•They arrived at an inopportune moment.
Opp: ↑opportune
Word Origin:
[inopportune] early 16th cent.: from Latin inopportunus, from in- ‘not’ + opportunus, from ob- ‘in the direction of’ + portus ‘harbour’, originally describing the wind driving towards the harbour, hence ‘seasonable’.
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