Definition: uncommonly early or before the expected time
Usage: illness led to his premature death; alcohol brought him to an untimely end
Similar words: early
Definition: at or near the beginning of a period of time or course of events or before the usual or expected time
Usage: early morning; an early warning; early diagnosis; an early death; took early retirement; an early spring; early varieties of peas and tomatoes mature before most standard varieties
Synonyms: ill-timed, unseasonable, untimely, wrong
Definition: badly timed
Usage: an ill-timed intervention; you think my intrusion unseasonable; an untimely remark; it was the wrong moment for a joke
Similar words: inopportune
Definition: not opportune
Usage: arrived at a most inopportune hour; an inopportune visit