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untimely

/ʌnˈtaɪmli/C1

不合時宜的 / 過早的 (adj.)

通常用來形容死亡（`untimely death`），表示「英年早逝」或「突然而意外地去世」。

Not surprising. Until recently, he was only a squire. Jon Arryn's squire.

He was knighted almost immediately after his master's untimely death.

Knighted for what?