mistimed en · ADJ
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mey-? Proto-Indo-European *meyth₂-der. Proto-Germanic *missaz Proto-Germanic *missa- Proto-West Germanic *missa- Old English mis- Middle English mys- English mis- English timed English mistimed From mis- + timed.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Done at the wrong time.
While ostensibly a novel of first love and loss, Unusual Company may more fittingly be described as a tale of estrangement, of wary and mistimed passion.
1987 December 13, Elizaeth Pincus, “Gritty Love”, in Gay Community News, volume 15, number 22, page 9:My mistimed leap was declared a false start since I leaped before the gun.