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unsuitable time
noun as in off-year
Example Sentences
Mr Karzai told a visiting US Congress delegation on Monday that the attack "took place at an unsuitable time but he hoped as a result the peace process is not harmed".
Clement Attlee actually did not need to seek election again until 1955, but with a shaky parliamentary majority of only six, he obviously thought it would only be a question of time until his government fell-and possibly at a more unsuitable time.
Labor's request for a Big Three meeting was all right, he said, but only on the condition that "immediate" does not imply "action at an unsuitable time."
Catharine did not deny the promise, but interposed the plea that the present was a very unsuitable time, since Ch�tillon had come to court upon the king's safe-conduct.
One in particular, while crossing the channel between the rocks at an unsuitable time, was dashed against them so as to be nearly scalped, and exhibited a dreadful spectacle to his companions.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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