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Definition of Mistime
1. Verb. Time incorrectly. "She mistimed the marathon runner"
Definition of Mistime
1. v. t. To time wrongly; not to adapt to the time.
Definition of Mistime
1. Verb. To do at the wrong time; especially to misjudge the timing of coordinated events. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Mistime
1. to time wrongly [v -TIMED, -TIMING, -TIMES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Mistime
Literary usage of Mistime
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Review of Lord Mahon's History of the American Revolution. From the North by John Gorham] [Palfrey (1852)
"not conceiving that he could miss it so much in point of intelligence as to
mistime matters so egregiously, if either of the other two was his object ..."
2. Publications by English Dialect Society (1887)
"mistime, v.—To put out of one's regular course. With having the boys at home she
has mistimed herself a bit. I've lost my husband, and I feel very much ..."
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