inopportunein‧op‧por‧tune /ɪnˈɒpətjuːn $ ˌɪnɑːpərˈtuːn◂/ adjective formal 
I’m afraid you’ve called at rather an inopportune moment.2happening at an unsuitable or bad time: an inopportune visit
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- Telemarketers always seem to call at the most inopportune moments.
Longman Language Activatorthe wrong time or a bad time for something
a time when you should not do something, because you will probably not be successful: · It's a case of the right idea at the wrong time.the wrong time to do something: · I think this is the wrong time to ask for a pay increase.· It seemed like the wrong time in my life to risk making yet another major change.
a time when something is not convenient or likely to be successful or that will cause problems: · I really would like to come, but I'm afraid this is a bad time.to do something: · If it's not a good time to talk, I can call back.
to happen at a time when something it not likely to be successful or that will cause problems: · These economic problems have come at the wrong time for the Republican Party.· The widening trade gap is coming at a bad time for the president.· The COE's resignation has not come at a good time for the company.
an expression meaning to be the wrong time to do something, use this especially when you are telling someone what they should do or how they should behave: be no time/not be the time for: · This is no time for that kind of talk. If you can't be decent, keep your mouth shut.· It's not the time for politeness and etiquette when there are lives at stake.be no time/not be the time to do something: · This was not the time to get angry, but Jodie couldn't help herself.
done at the wrong time so that it is likely to have an unsuccessful result: · Wilkins' outburst could not have been more ill-timed.· Resentment over the chairman's badly timed remarks is growing.· The gesture was sincere, but ill-timed.
formal a bad time, especially because it is inconvenient : · He had wanted to visit the troops over Christmas, but the general said it would be an inopportune time.· He always seems to say exactly the wrong thing at the most inopportune moment.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY I’m afraid you’ve called at rather an inopportune moment.COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN
1an inopportune moment or time is not suitable or good for something OPP opportune: I’m afraid you’ve called at rather an inopportune moment.· Vologsky had constantly reassured himself that the repeated refusals were simply because his applications happened to be made at an inopportune moment.· But Minh Mang s measures came at an inopportune moment.· The affair happened at the most inopportune moment.· He always seemed to say innocently exactly the wrong thing at the most inopportune moment.· And usually at the most inopportune moment.· He kept fading into the oncoming traffic or blindly passing slower vehicles at the most inopportune moments.
I’m afraid you’ve called at rather an inopportune moment.2happening at an unsuitable or bad time: an inopportune visit