Occurring at an inconvenient or inappropriate time.
‘a storm blew up at an inopportune moment’
‘Firstly, it always happens at the most inopportune moments, and secondly, it's generally about a subject you haven't got a clue about.’
‘What next - will we be banned from taking any photograph in any public place just in case a minor happens to walk in front of the lens at an inopportune moment?!’
‘When the initial shock wore off I think we all felt a bit cheated that such a huge bombshell should be dropped at such an inopportune moment.’
‘On one of them the battery dies at an inopportune moment so I have to go get a supervisor.’
‘And just at the most inopportune moment, the guy turned this way.’
‘That was before he started writing books ‘from the inside’ and publishing them at very inopportune moments.’
‘But I've gotten laughs at a couple of inopportune moments also.’
‘How is he to know that he's rung at an inopportune moment.’
‘He couldn't help but blush every time she caught him staring in her direction and he'd often find himself dreaming of her at the most inopportune moments.’
‘Some dreams are interrupted during the most inopportune moments, especially those that reflect hidden desires.’
‘In terms of the world context, this is probably one of the most inopportune moments to announce further cuts to royalties and taxes.’
‘What inadequate lighting exists is unreliable, flickering off at the most inopportune moments.’
‘You had, unwittingly, called at an inopportune time as I had just cut my finger on a tin of anchovies and Carlo was helping me staunch the flow of blood.’
‘But I'm learning to accept my awkwardness and lack of loving the social element at seemingly inopportune times.’
‘These negative forces were unleashed on us at a most inopportune time, when the country started reaping nature's rewards in the form of an abundance of oil dollars.’
‘As a rule, I can put off these inopportune demands.’
‘It will visit upon us an important event at an inopportune time, as if to illustrate how inconsequential our influence on the greater scheme.’
‘This is an unhelpful hyperbole, but it is certainly true that there must be contexts in which a statement of these truths is politically inopportune.’
‘Most experts agreed that his demand for the removal of the Wall was inopportune, utopian, and crazy.’