bad time
noun
: not the right moment to do something or for something to happen
Am I calling at a bad time? Are you very busy?
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Workplaces must go back to looking like the TV show The Office: mostly white people, but with one funny Black guy who's having a really bad time.
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Shania Russell, EW.com, 26 Jan. 2025
Workplaces must go back to looking like the TV show The Office: mostly white people, but with one funny Black guy who’s having a really bad time.
—Carly Thomas, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 Jan. 2025
Warm all year round, there’s no bad time to plan a trip here.
—Nicole Kliest, Vogue, 24 Jan. 2025
Stakes are high for Beijing, as a tit-for-tat trade war like the one during Trump’s last administration would hit China’s ailing export-reliant economy at a bad time.
—Simone McCarthy, CNN, 23 Jan. 2025
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Shania Russell, EW.com, 26 Jan. 2025
Workplaces must go back to looking like the TV show The Office: mostly white people, but with one funny Black guy who’s having a really bad time.
—Carly Thomas, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 Jan. 2025
Warm all year round, there’s no bad time to plan a trip here.
—Nicole Kliest, Vogue, 24 Jan. 2025
Stakes are high for Beijing, as a tit-for-tat trade war like the one during Trump’s last administration would hit China’s ailing export-reliant economy at a bad time.
—Simone McCarthy, CNN, 23 Jan. 2025
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“Bad time.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bad%20time. Accessed 21 Mar. 2025.
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