Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

behind its time

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.20 in modern English

Syllables: be-hind it-s -time
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

prep_phrase

Showing characteristics of the past; present in one's work after later advances in the field; coming later than could be generally accepted.

Antonyms

ahead of one's time

Questions

What does behind its time mean?: Showing characteristics of the past; present in one's work after later advances in the field; coming later than could be generally accepted.

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