as in early
occurring before the usual or expected time
the untimely arrival of our guests caught us by surprise
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Jobs continued to run the company in this vein until his untimely death in October 2011.
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Jason Ma, Fortune, 14 Oct. 2024
Estela’s duties include cleaning, cooking, and—most important—taking care of the couple’s daughter; the novel consists of her recollection, delivered in an interrogation room, of the events leading up to the daughter’s untimely death.
—The New Yorker, 7 Oct. 2024
But that particularly untimely pressure — and the subsequent interception — turned the game on its head.
—Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 2024
Amazon has removed from its site a memoir that alleges that hip-hop mogul Sean Combs physically abused his longtime girlfriend Kim Porter, whose untimely death in 2018 at age 47 has been the source of conspiracies.
—Janelle Griffith, NBC News, 3 Oct. 2024
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Jason Ma, Fortune, 14 Oct. 2024
Estela’s duties include cleaning, cooking, and—most important—taking care of the couple’s daughter; the novel consists of her recollection, delivered in an interrogation room, of the events leading up to the daughter’s untimely death.
—The New Yorker, 7 Oct. 2024
But that particularly untimely pressure — and the subsequent interception — turned the game on its head.
—Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 2024
Amazon has removed from its site a memoir that alleges that hip-hop mogul Sean Combs physically abused his longtime girlfriend Kim Porter, whose untimely death in 2018 at age 47 has been the source of conspiracies.
—Janelle Griffith, NBC News, 3 Oct. 2024
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“Untimely.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/untimely. Accessed 30 Oct. 2024.
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