mistimed; mistiming
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: to time (something) wrongly or improperly
Sometimes players will mistime their entry into the zone—skating slightly ahead of the puck—and get whistled for offsides.—
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: to reckon or state the time of (something) incorrectly
Imboden … appears to confuse this early altercation with a later, more famous, instance … . It is possible that Imboden had completely mistimed the episode.—Frank E. Vandiver
Frank E. VandiverExamples of mistime in a Sentence
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The current set of players United have at the back simply don’t look comfortable with this brand of proactive, front-footed defending, where mistiming even slightly can cause the structure to collapse.
—Conor O'Neill, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2025
Like so much else about the product unveiling, this pitch felt mistimed.
—Samantha Murphy Kelly, CNN, 6 June 2023
Barrero took a jagged route to the ball, mistimed his slide and saw the ball roll right by him.
—Charlie Goldsmith, The Enquirer, 23 Apr. 2023
Zep Jasper’s corner 3-pointer bounced high off the rim, kissed the backboard and then took another bounce on the front of the iron as Kentucky’s Jacob Toppin mistimed his jump for the rebound.
—Tom Green | [email protected], al, 25 Feb. 2023
Atomic Heart’s visuals aren’t without their occasional drawbacks; lip-synching is regularly mistimed or just terrible, while framerates drop with distance.
—Matt Gardner, Forbes, 23 Feb. 2023
During the Starliner program's maiden flight in December 2019, a software error caused the ship's flight computer to mistime the critical orbit insertion, or OI, burn.
—William Harwood, CBS News, 3 Aug. 2021
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Conor O'Neill, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2025
Like so much else about the product unveiling, this pitch felt mistimed.
—Samantha Murphy Kelly, CNN, 6 June 2023
Barrero took a jagged route to the ball, mistimed his slide and saw the ball roll right by him.
—Charlie Goldsmith, The Enquirer, 23 Apr. 2023
Zep Jasper’s corner 3-pointer bounced high off the rim, kissed the backboard and then took another bounce on the front of the iron as Kentucky’s Jacob Toppin mistimed his jump for the rebound.
—Tom Green | [email protected], al, 25 Feb. 2023
Atomic Heart’s visuals aren’t without their occasional drawbacks; lip-synching is regularly mistimed or just terrible, while framerates drop with distance.
—Matt Gardner, Forbes, 23 Feb. 2023
During the Starliner program's maiden flight in December 2019, a software error caused the ship's flight computer to mistime the critical orbit insertion, or OI, burn.
—William Harwood, CBS News, 3 Aug. 2021
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“Mistime.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mistime. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.
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