Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

undertime

/ˌʌn.dəɹˈtaɪ̯m/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: un-der-time
IPA: /ˌʌn.dəɹˈtaɪ̯m/

12

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To measure wrongly, so that it seems to take less time than actually required.

Transitive verb

verb

To underexpose.

Transitive verb

noun

The time spent at a workplace doing non-work activities.

Informal; Uncountable

noun

The later part of the day; afternoon; undertide.

Obsolete

Example Sentences

"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."

Etymology

From under- + time.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: under

Usage

Inflected Forms

undertimes (present, singular) undertiming (participle, present) undertimed (participle, past) undertimed (past) under-time (alternative)

Rhymes With

time crime prime safe prime climb lime enzyme dime paradigm rhyme sublime slime

Questions

How do you pronounce undertime?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˌʌn.dəɹˈtaɪ̯m/.
What does undertime mean?: To measure wrongly, so that it seems to take less time than actually required.
Where does undertime come from?: From under- + time.

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