Examples of inopportune in a Sentence
He always shows up at the most inopportune times.
an inopportune sale of stocks
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There’s the brooding, damaged Creasy, who confusingly passes out at inopportune moments owing to his trauma; an international setting (Italy in the book and first film, Mexico City in the 2004 movie); and a young woman who breaks through his defenses and teaches him to feel again.
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Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 30 Apr. 2026
Bunting’s injury simply came at a most inopportune time.
—Mark Lazerus, New York Times, 28 Apr. 2026
Twenty-six years ago, students treated a visit by then-President Bill Clinton as a challenge, and outwitted the Secret Service by secretly rigging a banner to unfurl at an inopportune moment.
—Graeme Wood, The Atlantic, 26 Apr. 2026
With the midterms ahead and the economy teetering, this seems like a particularly inopportune time to have a spat with the first American pope — who also happens to come from Chicago, long one of the nation’s most Catholic cities.
—Clarence Page, Chicago Tribune, 20 Apr. 2026
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Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 30 Apr. 2026
Bunting’s injury simply came at a most inopportune time.
—Mark Lazerus, New York Times, 28 Apr. 2026
Twenty-six years ago, students treated a visit by then-President Bill Clinton as a challenge, and outwitted the Secret Service by secretly rigging a banner to unfurl at an inopportune moment.
—Graeme Wood, The Atlantic, 26 Apr. 2026
With the midterms ahead and the economy teetering, this seems like a particularly inopportune time to have a spat with the first American pope — who also happens to come from Chicago, long one of the nation’s most Catholic cities.
—Clarence Page, Chicago Tribune, 20 Apr. 2026
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“Inopportune.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/inopportune. Accessed 3 May. 2026.
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inopportune
adjective
in·op·por·tune
(ˌ)in-ˌäp-ər-ˈt(y)ün 
: inconvenient
an inopportune time
inopportunely
adverb
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