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Inopportune vs Unfitting - What's the difference?

inopportune | unfitting |

As adjectives the difference between inopportune and unfitting

is that inopportune is unsuitable for some particular purpose while unfitting is that is not fitting for its purpose.

inopportune

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • unsuitable for some particular purpose
    • That was a most inopportune spot for a picnic.
  • * 1847 , , (Jane Eyre), Chapter XVIII
    • "It appears I come at an inopportune time, madam," said he, "when my friend, Mr. Rochester, is from home; but I arrive from a very long journey, and I think I may presume so far on old and intimate acquaintance as to install myself here till he returns."
  • at an inconvenient or inappropriate time
    • The inopportune arrival of the bus cut short the interesting conversation.

    Antonyms

    * opportune

    unfitting

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • That is not fitting for its purpose
  • Improper