But most economists say that there was no grand design involved, just a badly timed attempt to shift into higher-yielding assets like bonds.

Sure, he would have preferred a win, but this 1-1 stalemate was not badly timed.

Whatever its merits, it was badly timed and presented.

Your attack on the barbarian village - it was badly timed, and appallingly led.

Scatological defenses (think badly timed laxatives) are common, though rarely, if ever, successful.

His aggressive promotion of capital punishment is not only wrong, it is badly timed.

The official action was badly timed and over-officious.

Some of Dime's efforts to diversify turned out to be badly timed.

If so, it was badly timed, and she would let Plato feel the weight of her displeasure.

"It may be the vigilante movement was nothing more than badly timed bigotry," she said.