out-of-sync

out-of-sync
/owt"euhv singk"/, adj., adv.
1. Motion Pictures. (in the editing or projection of film) referring to any situation in which the sound does not correspond to the lip movements of an actor or to any other sound source on the screen.
2. not synchronized.
[1945-50]

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