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Christine Christie Posted 6 years ago
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Untimely

Consider the following sentence:



"His death was untimely."



Does 'untimely' mean that it happened too precociously?

  

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Does 'untimely' mean that it happened too precociously? No. precocious can't refer to a death.

— Clive

  • Does 'untimely' mean that it happened too precociously?
  • No.
  • precocious can't refer to a death.
  • untimely can.
  • Only a person can be precocious.
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Does 'untimely' mean that it happened too precociously?

No.

precocious can't refer to a death. untimely can.

Only a person can be precocious.



untimely inopportune. Earlier than would normally be expected,. Earlier than would normally be expected.

eg He died of a heart attack. His death was untimely, as he was on

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