off-time

Occurring at a time other than the normal point in the process of growth and development.

Adjective

  1. 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). - 1987, Roberta G. Simmons, Dale A. Blyth, Moving Into Adolescence, →ISBN:
    • In addition to role discontinuity and lack of preparation for new roles, it appears that being "off-time" in taking on new roles or disengaging from old ones may make transitions more stressful, and that taking on...
    • An off-time transition is difficult to deal with because no norms of behavior or social rituals exist to guide the person experiencing the change. - 2013, Eileen Berlin Ray, Communication and Disenfranchisement: Social...
  2. 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). - 2013, James W. Barron,...
    • All told, some 30 subjects generated over 1.5 million trials in the remote and off-time experiments. - 2015, Ulisse Di Corpo, Antonella Vannini, SYNTROPY: The Spirit of Love, →ISBN, page 30:
    • Reformers argued that the off-year or off-time (or off-cycle) scheduling of elections for school board and other local offices allows voters to focus on the issues unique to the race at hand. - 2015, Myron Levine, Urban...

Adverb

  1. 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. - 2014, E. Mark Cummings, Anita L. Greene, Katherine H. Karraker, Life-span Developmental...

Noun

  1. 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...
    • With the off-time constant, the on-time is increased to maintain the same peak-to-peak ripple current in the inductor. - 2014, Bob Dobkin, John Hamburger, Analog Circuit Design Volume Three: Design Note Collection,...
    • The primary outcome was the total daily "off-time" of absent or poor motor function as recorded by patients in diaries. - 2005, AMERICAN FAMILY PHYSICIAN - November, page 1893:

Forms

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