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Definition of mistime verb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

 

mistime

 verb
verb
NAmE//ˌmɪsˈtaɪm//
 
mistime somethingVerb Forms present simple I / you / we / they mistime
 
he / she / it mistimes
 
past simple mistimed
 
-ing form mistiming
 
 
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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).
mistiming
 
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noun [uncountable] The failure of the talks was mainly due to insensitivity and mistiming.See mistime in the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary
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