Undertime
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˌʌn.dəɹˈtaɪ̯m/ · Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Undertime is a verb meaning (transitive) To measure wrongly, so that it seems to take less time than actually required.
Meaning
(transitive) To measure wrongly, so that it seems to take less time than actually required.
More Meanings
- (transitive, photography) To underexpose.
- (informal) The time spent at a workplace doing non-work activities.
- (obsolete) The later part of the day; afternoon; undertide.
Example Sentences
He, comming home at undertime, there found / The fayrest creature, that he euer saw, / Sitting beside his mother on the ground; / The sight whereof did greatly him adaw.
Word Forms
- undertimes
- undertiming
- undertimed
- under-time
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include overtime, undermeasure, mistime, mismeasure, overmeasure, mismeter.
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