mistime
Americanverb (used with object)
verb
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Conjugated Forms
Present
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mistimesimple
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mistimessimple
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have mistimedperfect
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has mistimedperfect
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am mistimingprogressive
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are mistimingprogressive
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is mistimingprogressive
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have been mistimingperfect progressive
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has been mistimingperfect progressive
Past
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mistimedsimple
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had mistimedperfect
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was mistimingprogressive
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were mistimingprogressive
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had been mistimingperfect progressive
Future
Etymology
Origin of mistime
before 1000; Middle English mistimen, Old English mistīmian. See mis- 1, time
Example Sentences
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See Examples For:
Forcing the striker to mistime his control of the ball is not an offence and referee John Brooks called it absolutely right.
From BBC ● May 8, 2023
With two on and two down in the sixth, catcher Jacob Stallings poked a soft, 79-mph liner toward Escobar, who seemed to mistime his jump and couldn’t haul it in.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 26, 2022
So I now in retrospect describe that as a brilliant strategy: fail at playing the tape, mistime it before lunch, and build the dramatic interest into what happened.
From MSNBC ● Jun. 19, 2019
"Stand and cheer as Joakim Noah sits the bench for $19 million! Come see Ron Baker mistime dives for loose balls! Watch Spike Lee wait intently for his nightly spot on the JumboTron!"
From Golf Digest ● Apr. 19, 2018
Now that I see how unwieldy and overpowered his swing is, I have zero doubt he’ll mistime it and swing too soon.
From "Fast Pitch" by Nic Stone
Dan Mousley mistimes a leg glance to a straightening ball from Joe Leach and lobs a gentle catch up to Pears captain Brett D'Oliveira at mid wicket.
From BBC ● Apr. 6, 2024
Sam Clucas has a chance to whip in a cross from midway inside the Plymouth half on the left, locating Cameron Humphreys inside the box, who mistimes his jump and allows Plymouth to clear.
From BBC ● Apr. 4, 2024
A talking to for Katie McCabe as she mistimes her tackle on Jessica Naz.
From BBC ● Mar. 2, 2024
He’s surely got to score, but mistimes his jump, under pressure from the nearby Fernandinho, and sends a weak header wide left and high.
From The Guardian ● May 1, 2021
He mistimes it; it grazes the edge of his bat, and whizzes off far to the right of Scaife, but the Demon has it.
From The Hill A Romance of Friendship by Vachell, Horace Annesley
Wagner: My biggest recurring mistake was revenge trading — getting stopped out of a trade, then jumping back in hours later, convinced I’d just mistimed the entry, only to get stopped out again.
From MarketWatch ● Jan. 28, 2026
Abhishek kept up the charge and raced to his seventh T20 fifty for India in 22 balls, but finally fell to Ish Sodhi after he mistimed a hit to long-on.
From Barron's ● Jan. 21, 2026
Abhishek kept up the charge and raced to his fifty in 22 balls, but finally fell to Ish Sodhi after he mistimed a hit to long-on.
From Barron's ● Jan. 21, 2026
The captain, promoted back up from six to opener, lasted just five deliveries as an ugly mistimed pull looped straight to Boland at mid-wicket.
From BBC ● Dec. 27, 2024
One mistake, disagreement, or mistimed appointment on the part of a friend was enough for Bobby to sever a relationship.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
The company reported sharply lower quarterly profit and expects 2026 performance to be hurt by a Caribbean capacity expansion mistiming.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 27, 2026
Countless investors bear the scars from mistiming the cycle.
From Barron's ● Mar. 25, 2026
Ultimately, Rutherford was caught at long-on mistiming a pull off Carse, leaving West Indies seven down in the 28th over with the innings still in danger.
From BBC ● Jun. 3, 2025
That’s because the slightest mistiming of a button press will make you fall to your death or open you to attack.
From New York Times ● Apr. 13, 2022
As things must have their right time, so they must be rightly placed; for the misplacing of any work is as bad as the mistiming of it.
From Works of John Bunyan — Volume 02 by Bunyan, John
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