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
- (South India, often used in plural, obsolete elsewhere) A wrong time; an unsuitable or improper time.
- (transitive) To cause to be done at the wrong time.
- (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
- untimes
- un-time
- untiming
- untimed
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.
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