mistiming

Thân thiện

The runner's mistiming of the jump caused him to knock over the hurdle.

Definition

Noun: 1. An act of doing something at an inappropriate or incorrect time: The act of timing an action poorly, causing it to occur when it is unsuitable, ineffective, or out of sequence. 2. Something located at a time when it could not have existed or occurred: An anachronism; an error in chronology where an object, event, or idea is placed in a time period to which it does not belong.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • His mistiming of the joke during the serious speech made everyone uncomfortable. (The poor timing of the joke was inappropriate.)
  • The historian pointed out the mistiming in the film, noting the character used a smartphone in a story set in the 1920s. (The smartphone's placement in the 1920s was an anachronism.)

Advanced Usage

• As a concept in analysis: Used to describe a fundamental chronological error in historical or literary analysis.
  • The theory was dismissed due to a clear mistiming of key archaeological evidence. (The evidence was incorrectly assigned to a time period.)

Variants and Related Words

• Mistime (verb): To do or say something at an inappropriate time.
  • He mistimed his entrance and interrupted the ceremony.
• Anachronism (noun): A more specific synonym for the second definition, meaning something out of its proper time.
• Misjudgment (noun): A broader term for an error in judgment, which can include timing.

Synonyms

• Anachronism (for definition 2)
• Poor timing
• Ill-timed action
• Chronological error

Related Phrases

• A case of bad timing: A phrase describing an unfortunate coincidence of timing.
  • Running into my ex at the restaurant was just a case of bad timing.
• Out of sync: Not synchronized or occurring at the wrong time in a sequence.
  • The audio was out of sync with the video.

Học thuật

Noun

1. something located at a time when it could not have existed or occurred

Từ đồng nghĩa

• anachronism
• misdating