last minute
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: 4.93 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
1
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
An arbitrary (non-specific) point in time, too close to a deadline to reasonably begin a critical task.
Example Sentences
- "I like to do everything at the last minute. It does tend to make me late for things, though."
- "“Clown Without Pity,” as the segment is called, opens with Homer forgetting Bart’s birthday and jetting off at the last minute (or rather considerably after the last minute) to pick him up a present. Alas, Homer has the questionable judgment to go gift-shopping at House Of Evil, an establishment that bills itself as “Your one stop evil shop.” That should be a bit of a warning, as is the establishment’s name."
- "That last minute revision really paid off in the exam!"
- "“In ten years, this is the most last-minute holiday season that we have ever seen,” a Citigroup analyst, Deborah Weinswig, tells ABC News."
- "“It can be exhilarating but it can be boring, too,” he said. “I preferred it when it was more last minute, when the adrenaline kicked in.”"
Inflected Forms
the last minute (canonical)
more last minute (comparative)
most last minute (superlative)