A.ill-timed, unseasonable, “ἐς ἄκαιρα πονεῖν” Thgn.919; “οὐκ ἄκαιρα λέγειν” A.Pr.1036; “ἄ. κένωσις” Hp.VM10; “προθυμία” Th.5.65; “ἐλευθερία” Pl.R.569c; “ἔπαινος” Id.Phdr.24ce; “ῥᾳθυμία” D.18.46, “γέλως” Men.Mon.88. Adv. “-ρως” A.Ag.808, Ch.624 (both lyr.), Hp. Acut. 17, al.: Comp. “-οτέρως” Id.Epid.1.19: neut. pl. as Adv., “ἄκαιρ᾽ ἀπώλλυτο” E.Hel.1081.
2. c. inf., ill-suited to do a thing, X.Eq.Mag.7.6 (Comp.).