undertime
Pronunciations (2)
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/ˌʌn.dəɹˈtaɪ̯m/
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/ˈʌn.dəɹˌtaɪ̯m/
Verb
To measure wrongly, so that it seems to take less time than actually required.
Usage- Transitive
To underexpose.
Usage- Transitive
Noun
The time spent at a workplace doing non-work activities.
Usage- Informal
- Uncountable
Noun
The later part of the day; afternoon; undertide.
Usage- Obsolete
- Examples
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More examples (1)
He, comming home at undertime, there found / The fayrest creature, that he euer saw, / Sitting beside his mother on the ground; / The sight whereof did greatly him adaw.
Word forms
undertimesundertimingundertimedundertimedunder-time