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mistiming

mistiming is the present participle and gerund of mistime.

Meaning of mistime

Verb

mistime (third-person singular simple present mistimes, present participle mistiming, simple past and past participle mistimed)

  1. (transitive) To perform an action at the wrong time; especially to misjudge the timing of coordinated events.
    • I mistimed my leap and fell flat on my face.

Noun

mistiming (countable and uncountable, plural mistimings)

  1. Incorrect timing.

Forms of mistiming

pluralmistimings

Questions about mistiming

What does mistiming mean?
Mistiming means incorrect timing.
What is mistiming the present participle and gerund of?
Mistiming is the present participle and gerund of mistime.
What part of speech is mistiming?
Mistiming is a noun.
What is the plural of mistiming?
The plural of mistiming is mistimings.

Words near mistiming in the dictionary

  1. mistigris
  2. mistily
  3. mistime
  4. mistimed
  5. mistimes
  6. mistiming
  7. mistimings
  8. mistiness
  9. mistinesses
  10. misting
  11. misting over

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Adapted from Wiktionary: mistiming (page history and authors); mistime (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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