off-time
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off-time
noun off-times
- Alternative form of off time Day care provides that crucial off-time for the caregiver, and it can be a fun, low-pressure, social experience for the care recipients if the older person enjoys socializing and if the clientele are compatible with the older person.
adjective
- Occurring at a time other than the normal point in the process of growth and development. In the literature these "off-time" youngsters have been termed "early" and "late" developers (Petersen and Taylor, 1980).
- Out of sync; unsynchronized. Better, said he, were “marches with college tunes in the trio [final section] against the original themes” creating an amusing “off-key and off-time” agglomeration of sound (Ives, 1976, p.41).
adverb
- Occurring at a non-normal time. In general, those life events taking place early off-time have greater negative impact than those taking place late off-time.
Talk about this word "off-time." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/off-time. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. off-time. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/off-time "off-time." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/off-time.
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@misc{off_time_2026,
title = {off-time},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/off-time},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
