transitive verb
1
: to time (something) wrongly or improperly
Sometimes players will mistime their entry into the zone—skating slightly ahead of the puck—and get whistled for offsides.—
Jesse Granger
2
: to reckon or state the time of (something) incorrectly
Imboden … appears to confuse this early altercation with a later, more famous, instance … . It is possible that Imboden had completely mistimed the episode.—
Frank E. Vandiver
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Merriam-Webster unabridged
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