Ill-timed and Tongue-in-cheek

Ill-timed adjective - Badly timed.

Tongue-in-cheek and ill-timed are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Tongue-in-cheek" instead an adjective phrase "Ill-timed".

Tongue-in-cheek adjective - Cleverly amusing in tone.

Ill-timed and tongue-in-cheek are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Ill-timed" instead an adjective phrase "Tongue-in-cheek".