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MISTIMING
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Dictionary entry overview: What does mistiming mean?
• MISTIMING (noun)
The noun MISTIMING has 1 sense:
1. something located at a time when it could not have existed or occurred
Familiarity information: MISTIMING used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Something located at a time when it could not have existed or occurred
Classified under:
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
Synonyms:
anachronism; misdating; mistiming
Hypernyms ("mistiming" is a kind of...):
timekeeping (the act or process of determining the time)
Derivation:
mistime (time incorrectly)
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