ill-timed - translation to English
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ill-timed - translation to English

RARE METHOD OF DISMISSAL IN CRICKET, WHEN AN INCOMING BATSMAN IS NOT READY TO PLAY WITHIN THREE MINUTES OF THE PREVIOUS BATSMAN BEING OUT
Timed Out

ill-timed      
(adj.) = inoportuno, inconveniente, importuno, intempestivo
Ex: His statement is not just ill-timed; it's devoid of common sense and of some significant humanity.
ill-timed      
en mal tiempo, en mala ocasión
timed         
SATELLITE MISSION BY THE NASA
TIMED (Thermosphere Ionosphere Mesosphere Energetics and Dynamics); Thermosphere-Ionosphere-Mesosphere Energetics and Dynamics
(adj.) = anticuado, obsoleto
Ex: Librarians need to be vociferous about achievements and services offered in order to dispel ideas about the stereotype librarian, timed and out of touch with contemporary society.
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* ill-timed = inoportuno, inconveniente, importuno, intempestivo

Definition

ill-timed
If you describe something as ill-timed, you mean that it happens or is done at the wrong time, so that it is damaging or rude.
He argued that the tax cut was ill-timed.
= inopportune
ADJ

Wikipedia

Timed out

Timed out is a method of dismissal in the sport of cricket. It occurs when an incoming batsman is not ready to play within three minutes of the previous batsman being out. It is very rare to be out in such a fashion, and has never occurred in any international match.

Examples of use of ill-timed
1. As it happens, Ingrid has the hilarious revenge of an ill–timed television advertisement.
2. With an innocent man dead, this seemed defensive and ill–timed.
3. The acquisition was ill–timed, and Marconi almost collapsed when the dotcom bubble burst in 2001.
4. John McCain‘s campaign team and his ill–timed remark comparing Sen.
5. Ang–See said the decision is not only «ill–advised» but also ill–timed.