ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Untime

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Untime is a noun meaning The absence of time; timelessness.

Meaning

The absence of time; timelessness.

More Meanings

  1. (South India, often used in plural, obsolete elsewhere) A wrong time; an unsuitable or improper time.
  2. (transitive) To cause to be done at the wrong time.
  3. (South India, obsolete elsewhere) Untimely.

Example Sentences

Untime cravings
[…] which untimes the pleasant melodies of musical harmony, […]
Nirvana, as we shall see, is a time rather than a place, but it is better still described as an un-time.
Later though, after about two weeks in untime, Finn began to get confused, and my job changed to simply keeping him straight.

Word Forms

Synonyms for untime

Depending on context, synonyms include atemporality, extratemporality, ill-timed, inopportune.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include hourlessness, momentlessness, termlessness, eventlessness, datelessness, threadlessness.

Related Dictionary Tools

Sources & Attribution

FreeDictionaryAPI.com / Wiktionary · Original source · CC BY-SA 4.0

Dictionary data is provided by FreeDictionaryAPI.com and sourced from Wiktionary under its stated license.