off-timeadj.

Brit.

/ˈɒftʌɪm/, U.S.

/ˈɔfˌtaɪm/,

/ˈɑfˌtaɪm/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: off- prefix, time n.

Etymology: < off- prefix + time n.

U.S. slang (originally Jazz).

Not in time or in rhythm; out of time, badly timed. Also figurative and in figurative contexts: unsatisfactory, inappropriate, out of place.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > order > disorder > disharmony or incongruity > unsuitability or inappropriateness > [adjective] > out of place

misplaced1563

ill-placed1650

off-time1938

1938 Variety 22 June 36 Off-time jive, a sorry excuse.

1946 M. Mezzrow & B. Wolfe Really Blues xiii. 237 If somebody passed a remark that wasn't in line, he'd start singing and beating on the offtime cat.

1946 M. Mezzrow & B. Wolfe Really Blues 377 Offtime, out of harmony, old~fashioned, corny, offensive.

1973 C. Himes Black on Black 188 I can stop in front of a joint where the jukebox's playing and cut a step of off-time boogie.

1992 Los Angeles Times (Nexis) 25 Oct. b2/1 [He] brings his Stratocaster guitar onstage and lurches into an off-time shuffle that the band fights to keep on track.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	off-time
释义	off-timeadj. Brit. /ˈɒftʌɪm/, U.S. /ˈɔfˌtaɪm/, /ˈɑfˌtaɪm/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: off- prefix, time n. Etymology: < off- prefix + time n. U.S. slang (originally Jazz). Not in time or in rhythm; out of time, badly timed. Also figurative and in figurative contexts: unsatisfactory, inappropriate, out of place. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > disorder > disharmony or incongruity > unsuitability or inappropriateness > [adjective] > out of place misplaced1563 ill-placed1650 off-time1938 1938 Variety 22 June 36 Off-time jive, a sorry excuse. 1946 M. Mezzrow & B. Wolfe Really Blues xiii. 237 If somebody passed a remark that wasn't in line, he'd start singing and beating on the offtime cat. 1946 M. Mezzrow & B. Wolfe Really Blues 377 Offtime, out of harmony, old~fashioned, corny, offensive. 1973 C. Himes Black on Black 188 I can stop in front of a joint where the jukebox's playing and cut a step of off-time boogie. 1992 Los Angeles Times (Nexis) 25 Oct. b2/1 [He] brings his Stratocaster guitar onstage and lurches into an off-time shuffle that the band fights to keep on track. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1938
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