unseasonable

adjective

un·​sea·​son·​able
ˌən-ˈsēz-nə-bəl
-ˈsē-zᵊn-ə- How to pronounce unseasonable (audio)
Synonyms of unseasonablenext
1
: occurring at other than the proper time : untimely
… she made several excursions over to Canterbury to see me, and always at unseasonable hours …Charles Dickens
2
: not being in season
3
a
: not normal for the season of the year
unseasonable weather
b
: marked by unseasonable weather
an unseasonable summer
unseasonableness noun
unseasonably
ˌən-ˈsēz-nə-blē
-ˈsē-zᵊn-ə- How to pronounce unseasonable (audio)
adverb

Examples of unseasonable in a Sentence

an unseasonable snowstorm in early November
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This lousy wintry Monday came a day after unseasonable severe weather socked the area. Laura Bannon, CBS News, 29 Dec. 2025 Clouds will decrease a bit during the afternoon as humidity and unseasonable warmth take over, with temperatures reaching the upper 70s and low 80s. Mary Wasson, Austin American Statesman, 23 Dec. 2025 An unseasonable winter warm-up is bringing record-high temperatures to Arizona and the Southwest. Hayleigh Evans, AZCentral.com, 12 Dec. 2025 Down south, some 66 million people from southeast Virginia to the Gulf Coast shivered through a second straight day of unseasonable cold with temperatures dipping into the 20s and 30s in some places. Corky Siemaszko, NBC news, 11 Nov. 2025 See All Example Sentences for unseasonable

Word History

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of unseasonable was in the 15th century

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“Unseasonable.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unseasonable. Accessed 3 Jan. 2026.

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unseasonable

adjective
un·​sea·​son·​able ˌən-ˈsēz-nə-bəl How to pronounce unseasonable (audio)
-ˈsēz-ᵊn-ə-
1
: happening or coming at the wrong time : untimely
an unseasonable visit
2
: not normal for the season of the year
unseasonable weather
unseasonably adverb

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