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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 occurredplay

  Familiarity information: MISTIMING used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


MISTIMING (noun)


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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