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Definition of Mistiming
1. Noun. Something located at a time when it could not have existed or occurred.
Generic synonyms: Timekeeping
Derivative terms: Anachronic, Anachronistic, Misdate, Mistime
Definition of Mistiming
1. Verb. (present participle of mistime) ¹
2. Noun. Incorrect timing. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Mistiming
1. mistime [v] - See also: mistime
Lexicographical Neighbors of Mistiming
Literary usage of Mistiming
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Royal Phraseological English-French, French-English Dictionary by John Charles Tarver (1845)
"To MISTRANSLATE, ». a. ne pas traduire bien, correctement mistiming, ... He a
famous for mistiming all he does, il est fameux pour ne pas faire les choses à ..."
2. The Contemporary Review (1872)
"The sudden revulsion of sentiment in others,* and the occasional mistiming of
levity, as in the stanzas on the approach of the cholera in 1831,f combine ..."
3. A Treatise on Electricity and Magnetism by James Clerk Maxwell (1904)
"Hence the error arising from a mistiming of the current will always lead to an
nnder-estimation of its value, and the amount of the error may be estimated ..."
4. New Testament Illustrations: Comprising Choice Selections, Anecdotes by William Basil Jones (1875)
"There may be truth in such language—there is truth in it — but turned to the
direst falsehood by its sad mistiming. There may be a time to say, ..."
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