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Hhtt Posted 8 years ago
Vocabulary

Not ready for prime time

Would you please explain the part "not ready for prime time."

"Considering the small experimental installed base, this gives me serious concerns with the technology. Not ready for prime time." And what is it that is not ready?

https://www.physicsforums.com/threads/first-self-driving-car-fatality.942553/


Thank you.

  

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It is self-driving cars that are not ready. org/wiki/prime_time : "the state at which a person or product will be accepted by the mainstream".

  • It is self-driving cars that are not ready.
  • org/wiki/prime_time : "the state at which a person or product will be accepted by the mainstream".
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It is self-driving cars that are not ready. "prime time" is sense 4 at https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/prime_time: "the state at which a person or product will be accepted by the mainstream".

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hhttNot ready for prime time."

Self-driving cars are not ready for general use.

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Hi

'Prime time' is an idiom that comes from television. It's the hours when people are most likely to watch TV - usually around the hours between 8pm and 11pm. That's when the most popular things are shown. If something is suitable (or ready) for prime time, then many people will be interested in it and enjoy it

If something is not ready for prime time, it means that not many pe

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