inopportune moment

inopportune moment

An unfortunate or inconvenient moment in time. I'm afraid you've caught me at an inopportune moment, as I'm just about to leave for the airport.
See also: moment
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • a bad time
  • bad time
  • a run on (something)
  • be at a disadvantage
  • a rush on (something)
  • at a disadvantage
  • address comments or remarks to
  • address (one's) comments to (someone or something)
  • address (one's) remarks to (someone or something)
  • be in it for
References in classic literature
But that perversity, which all children have more or less of, and of which little Pearl had a tenfold portion, now, at the most inopportune moment, took thorough possession of her, and closed her lips, or impelled her to speak words amiss.
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It seemed a strangely inopportune moment for a proud member of a proud race to unbend in casual conversation with a captor.
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