mistimed

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adjective

Done at the wrong time.

“My mistimed leap was declared a false start since I leaped before the gun.”

Similar
ill-timedinopportune
OriginEnglish timed ← Middle English mys- ← Old English mis- →
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Meanings

adjectivemistimed (not comparable)
  1. not comparableDone at the wrong time.

    My mistimed leap was declared a false start since I leaped before the gun.

    1 more example

    While ostensibly a novel of first love and loss, Unusual Company may more fittingly be described as a tale of estrangement, of wary and mistimed passion.

    1987 December 13, Elizaeth Pincus, “Gritty Love”, in Gay Community News, volume 15, number 22, page 9

    Synonyms: ill-timed, inopportune

verb
  1. participlepastsimple past and past participle of mistime

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveDone at the wrong time.

Similar
ill-timedinopportune
Also see
ill-timeduntimely

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*mey-?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*meyth₂-
  3. Proto-Germanic*missaz
  4. Proto-Germanic*missa-
  5. Proto-West Germanic*missa-
  6. Old Englishmis-
  7. Middle Englishmys-
  8. Englishmis-
  9. Englishtimed
  10. Englishmistimed

From mis- + timed.

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Cite this entry
APA

mistimed. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mistimed

MLA

“mistimed.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mistimed. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “mistimed,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mistimed.

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