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What does ill-timed mean?

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Adjective
  1. Occurring at an unfavourable or inappropriate time; untimely
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To use the occasion of his death to launch an attack on one aspect of his policy seems inappropriate, ill-timed, small-minded and tasteless.
In pregnant human females, one ill-timed bout of binge drinking may produce permanent fetal damage.
An unforeseen and ill-timed coughing incident means a huge great glop of red wine leaves your glass and lands on the sofa cushions.
An ill-timed short forced march or an assault will play in the enemy's hands.
Often those attempting something positive were scythed down by ill-timed interventions.
He became reluctant to run the ball when pressured and sometimes threw ill-timed passes.

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