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off-times

off-times is the plural of off-time.

Meaning of off-time

Adjective

off-time (not comparable)

  1. (social psychology) Occurring at a time other than the normal point in the process of growth and development.
    • In the literature these "off-time" youngsters have been termed "early" and "late" developers (Petersen and Taylor, 1980).1987, Roberta G. Simmons, Dale A. Blyth, Moving Into Adolescence, →ISBN
  2. Out of sync; unsynchronized.
    • Better, said he, were “marches with college tunes in the trio [final section] against the original themes” creating an amusing “off-key and off-time” agglomeration of sound (Ives, 1976, p.41).2013, James W. Barron, Humor and Psyche: Psychoanalytic Perspectives, →ISBN

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Questions about off-times

What is off-times the plural of?
Off-times is the plural of off-time.

Words near off-times in the dictionary

  1. off-the-record
  2. off-the-shelf
  3. off-the-shoulder
  4. off-the-wall
  5. off-time
  6. off-times
  7. off-topic
  8. off-track
  9. off-trade
  10. off-trail
  11. off-white

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