English Explanatory Dictionary

untime

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The absence of time; timelessness.
  2. A wrong time; an unsuitable or improper time.
verb
  1. To cause to be done at the wrong time.
adj
  1. Untimely.

Word forms

untime untimes un-time untiming untimed more untime most untime

Etymology

From Middle English untime, untyme, ontyme, from Old English untīma (“an unseasonable time”), from Proto-Germanic *untīmô, equivalent to un- + time. Cognate with Old Norse útími (dialectal Norwegian otime).

Synonyms

extratemporality atemporality ill-timed inopportune
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