unseasonable


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un·sea·son·a·ble

 (ŭn-sē′zə-nə-bəl)
adj.
1. Not suitable to or appropriate for the season.
2. Not characteristic of the time of year: unseasonable weather.
3. Poorly timed; inopportune.
un·sea′son·a·ble·ness n.
un·sea′son·a·bly adv.

unseasonable

(ʌnˈsiːzənəbəl)
adj
1. (esp of the weather) inappropriate for the season
2. untimely; inopportune
unˈseasonableness n
unˈseasonably adv

un•sea•son•a•ble

(ʌnˈsi zə nə bəl)

adj.
1. not seasonable; being out of season: unseasonable weather.
2. untimely; inopportune.
[1400–50]
un•sea′son•a•ble•ness, n.
un•sea′son•a•bly, adv.
ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Adj.1.unseasonable - not in keeping with (and usually undesirable for) the season; "a sudden unseasonable blizzard"; "unseasonable bright blue weather in November"
seasonable - in keeping with the season; "a hard but seasonable frost"; "seasonable clothes"
2.unseasonable - badly timed; "an ill-timed intervention"; "you think my intrusion unseasonable"; "an untimely remark"; "it was the wrong moment for a joke"
ill-timed, untimely, wrong
inopportune - not opportune; "arrived at a most inopportune hour"; "an inopportune visit"

unseasonable

adjective
Not suitable for or characteristic of the season:
untimely.
Translations

unseasonable

[ʌnˈsiːznəbl] ADJ [weather] → impropio de la estación; [clothes, food] → fuera de estación

unseasonable

adj → nicht der Jahreszeit entsprechend attr; the weather is unseasonable → das Wetter entspricht nicht der Jahreszeit

unseasonable

[ʌnˈsiːznəbl] adj (weather) → non tipico/a della stagione
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