"off-time" meaning in English

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Adjective

Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} off-time (not comparable)
  1. (social psychology) Occurring at a time other than the normal point in the process of growth and development. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-off-time-en-adj-P7DcSh0C Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 25 21 29 25
  2. Out of sync; unsynchronized. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-off-time-en-adj-yy9YeUXQ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 25 21 29 25

Adverb

Head templates: {{en-adv|-}} off-time (not comparable)
  1. Occurring at a non-normal time. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-off-time-en-adv-bc4QlqCC Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 25 21 29 25

Noun

Forms: off-times [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} off-time (countable and uncountable, plural off-times)
  1. Alternative form of off time Tags: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable Alternative form of: off time
    Sense id: en-off-time-en-noun-JwYlhe2H Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 25 21 29 25

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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