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die Unzeit (-en)
inopportune time; untimeliness; ungodly hour (very early/late)
zur Unzeit (idiom)
at an inopportune time/moment, at a bad/inconvenient time, ill-timed; (jur.) unlawful; out of season, unseasonable, untimely, inappropriate; at an ungodly hour, at odd times
Am Sonntagmorgen zur Unzeit setzte ich mich ins Tram* und fuhr durch eine Stadt, die ich seit zehn Jahren mein Zuhause nenne.
On Sunday morning at an ungodly hour, I sat down in the streetcar and rode through a city that I have called home for the last ten years.
Die Mistel macht alles zur Unzeit: Sie blüht und fruchtet im Winter, wenn die normale Pflanzenwelt schläft.
Mistletoe does everything out of season. It flowers and bears fruit in winter, when normal vegetation is dormant.
Ärger in Nordamerika zur Unzeit: VW ruft Fahrzeuge zurück
Aggravation in North America at an inopportune time: VW recalls vehicles
Der enttarnte Maulwurf in der FDP kommt für Guido Westerwelle zur Unzeit.
The exposed mole in the FDP [party] comes at a bad time for Guido Westerwelle.
Die Debatte findet ferner zu einer Unzeit statt, da sich weder...
Moreover, the debate is taking place at the worst possible time, since neither...
Related:
Kündigung zur Unzeit unlawful dismissal/termination
unzeitgemäß anachronistic, outmoded
unzeitig ill-timed, unseasonable; unripe
*die Tram (das Tram, Swiss Ger.) streetcar, tram; = die Straßenbahn
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