unchronologicaladj.
1. Not chronological; not arranged in order of time; not in accordance with chronology.
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the world > time > reckoning of time > chronology > [adjective] > not in accordance with chronology
unchronological1763
non-chronological1874
achronological1962
1763 R. Burn Eccl. Law II. 320 This is unchronological and absurd.
1801 R. Patton Princ. Asiatic Monarchies 149 The history is called, ‘A modern unchronological Account of Bengal’.
1841 L. Hunt Seer (1864) ii. 18 But the truth of the painting makes amends, as in the unchronological pictures of old masters.
1882 F. W. Farrar Early Days Christianity II. 348 (note) The assertion..is an unchronological guess.
2. Of persons: Not skilled in, not observing, chronology.
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the world > time > reckoning of time > chronology > [adjective] > not in accordance with chronology > not skilled in chronology
unchronological1817
1817 Ld. Byron Let. 26 Apr. (1976) V. 218 What is necessary but a bust &..a date?—the last for the unchronological—of whom I am one.
1828 G. S. Faber Sacred Cal. Prophecy I. i. ii. 42 All the matters, which unchronological prophets describe as taking place at the epoch of the restoration of Judah.
Derivatives
unchronoˈlogically adv.
ΘΚΠ
the world > time > reckoning of time > chronology > [adverb] > not in accordance with chronology
unchronologically1879
1879 F. W. Farrar Life & Work St. Paul I. i. i. 9 Mentioned only so cursorily,..so unchronologically, that scarcely one of them can be dwelt upon.
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