too soon

idiom

: before the time that is proper, preferred, or specified
I spoke too soon.
It's too soon to tell what will happen.
The show was over all too soon.
often used in negative context to say at an appropriate or opportune time
The plumber arrived, and not a moment too soon.

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But Amazon’s glasses, called the Echo Frames, lack cameras and arguably came too soon – long before the arrival of Alexa+ and other AI assistants that can process sight and sound simultaneously. Lisa Eadicicco, CNN, 27 Feb. 2025 Conversely, some make the mistake of pushing too much change too soon, disrupting workflows before fully understanding team dynamics. Paola Cecchi-Dimeglio, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2025 But the obituaries of the nation-state were written far too soon. Foreign Affairs, 25 Feb. 2025 Greg's mother previously said that their chance to be parents had been taken away too soon. Mollie Markowitz, Fox News, 22 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for too soon

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“Too soon.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/too%20soon. Accessed 11 Mar. 2025.

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