mistimed

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *mey-?

Proto-Indo-European *meyth₂-der.

Proto-Germanic *missaz

Proto-Germanic *missa-

Proto-West Germanic *missa-

Old English mis-

Middle English mys-

English mis-

English timed

English mistimed

From mis- + timed.

Adjective

mistimed (not comparable)

1. Done at the wrong time.

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

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

     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.

Synonyms

• ill-timed, inopportune; see also Thesaurus:untimely

Verb

mistimed

1. simple past and past participle of mistime

Anagrams

• midtimes, mimetids