ENGLISH DICTIONARY

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

  1. (transitive, photography) To underexpose.
  2. (informal) The time spent at a workplace doing non-work activities.
  3. (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.

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Related Words

Related dictionary entries include overtime, undermeasure, mistime, mismeasure, overmeasure, mismeter.

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