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adjective
- 1. done at an inappropriate moment; badly timed: "has she ever apologized for her mistimed rant against him?"
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verb [ T ] uk / ˌmɪsˈtaɪm / us / ˌmɪsˈtaɪm / to do something at the wrong moment with the result that it is unsuccessful or has an unwanted effect: She mistimed her swing and the ball went into the net. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Early. ahead of. be up with the lark idiom. belatedly. better late than never idiom. first.
adjective. mis· timed ˌmis-ˈtīmd. : wrongly or improperly timed. He had a couple of mistimed throws during the scrimmage, but made up for it with some great runs. Andy Simmons. Examples of mistimed in a Sentence. Recent Examples on the Web Biondi settled for silver, just 0.01 seconds behind, surely doomed by his mistimed final strokes.
to do something at the wrong moment with the result that it is unsuccessful or has an unwanted effect: She mistimed her swing and the ball went into the net. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Early. ahead of. be up with the lark idiom. belatedly. better late than never idiom. early bird. first. get ahead of yourself idiom. good.
mis·time. (mĭs-tīm′) tr.v.mis·timed, mis·tim·ing, mis·times. To time inaccurately or inappropriately; misjudge the timing of: The basketball team mistimed the final play and lost the game. American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition.
1. : to time (something) wrongly or improperly. Sometimes players will mistime their entry into the zone—skating slightly ahead of the puck—and get whistled for offsides. Jesse Granger. 2. : to reckon or state the time of (something) incorrectly. Imboden … appears to confuse this early altercation with a later, more famous, instance … .
mistimed in British English. (ˌmɪsˈtaɪmd ) adjective. (of a comment, sporting move, or action) made or done at the wrong time. a certain mistimed comment. Collins English Dictionary.
To time (an action, utterance, etc) wrongly.... Click for English pronunciations, examples sentences, video.
mistime something to do something at the wrong time, especially when this makes something bad or unpleasant happen. The horse completely mistimed the jump and threw its rider. A lot of the jokes were mistimed (= and therefore not funny).
Adjective. Verb. Filter. adjective. Done at the wrong time. My mistimed leap was declared a false start since I leaped before the gun. Wiktionary. verb. Simple past tense and past participle of mistime.
MISTIME definition: 1. to do something at the wrong moment with the result that it is unsuccessful or has an unwanted…. Learn more.
