mistimeverb [ T ]
uk/ˌmɪsˈtaɪm/us/ˌmɪsˈtaɪm/to do something at the wrong moment with the result that it is unsuccessful or has an unwanted effect:
She mistimed her swing and the ball went into the net.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Early
- be up with the lark idiom
- belated
- better
- better late than never idiom
- early
- early bird
- first
- good
- ill-timed
- in good time idiom
- lark
- postdate
- premature
- prepone
- pumpkin
- schedule
- short
- the early bird catches the worm idiom
- turn into a pumpkin idiom