mistime

[ mis-tahym ]
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verb (used with object),mis·timed, mis·tim·ing.
  1. to time badly; perform, say, propose, etc., at a bad or inappropriate time.

Origin of mistime

1
before 1000; Middle English mistimen,Old English mistīmian.See mis-1, time

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British Dictionary definitions for mistime

mistime

/ (ˌmɪsˈtaɪm) /


verb
  1. (tr) to time (an action, utterance, etc) wrongly

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