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Definition: Unseasonable |
UnseasonableAdjective1. Not in keeping with (and usually undesirable for) the season; "a sudden unseasonable blizzard"; "unseasonable bright blue weather in November". 2. Badly timed; "an ill-timed intervention"; "you think my intrusion unseasonable"; "an untimely remark"; "it was the wrong moment for a joke". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "unseasonable" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1350. (references) |
Synonyms: UnseasonableSynonyms: ill timed(p) (adj), ill-timed(a) (adj), untimely (adj), wrong (adj). (additional references) |
| Antonym: seasonable (adj). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Disagreement | Inapt, unapt, inappropriate, improper; unsuited, unsuitable; inapplicable, not to the point; unfit, unfitting, unbefitting; unbecoming; illtimed, unseasonable, mal a propos, inadmissible; inapposite; (irrelevant). uncongenial; ill-assorted, ill-sorted; mismatched, misjoined, misplaced, misclassified; unaccommodating, irreducible, incommensurable, uncommensurable; unsympathetic. |
Inexpedience | Ill-contrived, ill-advised; unsatisfactory; unprofitable; unsubservient; (useless); inopportune; (unseasonable); out of place, in the wrong place; improper, unseemly. |
Untimeliness | Adjective: ill-timed, mistimed; ill-fated, ill-omened, ill-starred; untimely, unseasonable; out of date, out of season; inopportune, timeless, intrusive, untoward, mal a propos, unlucky, inauspicious, infelicitous, unbefitting, unpropitious, unfortunate, unfavorable; unsuited; inexpedient. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Unseasonable |
| English words defined with "unseasonable": Importunee ♦ Unchancy, Untime. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "unseasonable": Celestial Signs ♦ Gas Lamps ♦ reliquary. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "unseasonable": Untime. (references) |
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| Title | Author | Quote |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | He got into a rage on all occasions, most frequently when most unseasonable. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Economic History | Bahrain | Though hard-hit by losses incurred from unseasonable weather last November, the insurance sector is an area expectant of growth and development for both domestic and foreign investors. (references) |
Moldova | After a good year in 1996, unseasonable weather substantially decreased the grape harvest in 1997. Only 180 thousand tons of grapes were harvested, which was around half the 1996 grape harvest. (references) | |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | RELIQUARY, n. A receptacle for such sacred objects as pieces of the true cross, short-ribs of the saints, the ears of Balaam's ass, the lung of the cock that called Peter to repentance and so forth. Reliquaries are commonly of metal, and provided with a lock to prevent the contents from coming out and performing miracles at unseasonable times. A feather from the wing of the Angel of the Annunciation once escaped during a sermon in Saint Peter's and so tickled the noses of the congregation that they woke and sneezed with great vehemence three times each. It is related in the "Gesta Sanctorum" that a sacristan in the Canterbury cathedral surprised the head of Saint Dennis in the library. Reprimanded by its stern custodian, it explained that it was seeking a body of doctrine. This unseemly levity so raged the diocesan that the offender was publicly anathematized, thrown into the Stour and replaced by another head of Saint Dennis, brought from Rome. |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Unseasonable" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Unseasonable" is used about 14 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 100% | 14 | 93,893 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
unseasonable | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "unseasonable"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | jo bashkëkohor, jashtë stine. (various references) | |
Arabic | في غير أوانه (untimely). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | неуместен (ill-judged, impertinent, improper, inapposite, inappropriate, incongruous, inconsequent, inept, inexpedient, injudicious, inopportune, irrelevant, mistaken, out of place, unadvised, uncalled for, unfortunate, unsuitable), ненавременен (ill timed, ill-judged, importune, inexpedient, inopportune, premature, unseemly, untimely), неподходящ за сезона. (various references) | |
Czech | nevhodný (clumsy, ill timed, impolitic, improper, inadequate, inadvisable, inapposite, inappropriate, inapt, incongruous, inconvenient, ineligible, inexpedient, inopportune, misbecoming, off-key, unappropriated, unapt, unbecoming, uncalled for, undesirable, undue, unfit, unlikely, unlucky, unseemly, unsuitable, untimely). (various references) | |
Farsi | نابهنگام (Immature, Inopportune, Malapropos, Precocious, Premature, Untimely), بی موقع (Inopportune), بی مورد (Inopportune, Undue), بی جا (Indecorous). (various references) | |
German | unzeitig, nicht der jahreszeit entsprechend. (various references) | |
Greek | άκαιροσ (immature, inopportune, malapropos, mistimed), ασυνήθιστος για αυτή την εποχ. (various references) | |
Hungarian | nem az időszakhoz illő, idõszerûtlen (injudicious, inopportune, timeless), időszerűtlen (inopportune, to be out of time, unlucky, untimely). (various references) | |
Indonesian | tak sesuai musim. (various references) | |
Italian | fuori stagione (off season). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 時候外れ . (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | じ"うはずれ. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | easonableunsay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | inoportuno (bad, embarrassing, goody, gooey, ill-timed, immature, impertinent, importunate, inadvisable, inapposite, inconvenient, inexpedient, inopportune, not fitting, timeless, uncalled-for, unseemly, unsuitable, untimely), inadequado (awkward, improper, inadequate, inappropriate, inapt, inexpedient, unmeet, unsuitable, unsuited), fora da ocasião própria, fora da estação, fora da época, extemporâneo (extemporaneous, premature, untimely). (various references) | |
Romanian | nepotrivit (awkward, bad, discordant, dissonant, ill-matched, ill-sorted, improper, inadequate, inapposite, inappropriate, inapt, incapable, incongruous, inconsistent, incorrect, ineligible, inept, inexpedient, infelicitous, inopportune, insufficient, intrusive, irrelevant, malapropos, misbecoming, off color, off colour, out of character, out of date, out of point, timeless, unapt, unbecoming, uncalled for, uncomely, undue, unequal, unfit, unmeet, untimely, unwarranted), inoportun (annoying, ill timed, ill-favored, ill-favoured, inconvenient, inexpedient, inopportune, malapropos, pointless, timeless, undue, untimely), deplasat (improper, inapposite, incongruously, indecorous, inept, inopportune, out of place, unbecoming, uncalled for). (various references) | |
Russian | неуместный (ill-placed, impertinent, inapposite, inappropriate, inapt, incongruous, inept, injudicious, inopportune, irrelative, irrelevant, mistaken, out of place, uncalled for, uncalled-for), несвоевременный (ill timed, ill-timed, inopportune, timeless, undue, untimely), не по сезону. (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | nesezonski, neblagovremen (ill timed, inopportune, unseasoned, untimely). (various references) | |
Spanish | inoportuno (ill-time, inconvenient, inexpedient, inopportune, irrelevant, unfitting, unfortunate, unhappy, unpassable, untimely, wrong), extemporal (extemporaneous, untimely), extemporáneo (extemporaneous, untimely). (various references) | |
Swedish | ovanlig för årstiden, olämplig (ill timed, improper, inadequate, inappropriate, inapt, incongruous, inconvenient, incorrect, ineligible, inept, inexpedient, infelicitous, inopportune, misguided, unfit, unfitting, unsuitable, unsuited). (various references) | |
Turkish | zamansız (all too soon, ill timed, inopportune, out of season, untimely), yersiz (Amiss, baseless, beside the point, digressive, discursive, idle, ill timed, impertinent, improper, inapposite, inappropriate, inapt, incongruous, indecent, indiscreet, inept, inexpedient, infelicitous, injudicious, inopportune, irrelevant, malapropos, out of place, out of turn, uncalled for, uncomely, undue, unhappy, unjustifiable, untimely, untoward, unwarranted), mevsimsiz (inopportune, out of season, premature). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | несво"часний (ill-judged, inopportune, untimely), несезонний. (various references) | |
Vietnamese | trái vụ không hợp thời, trái mùa, không đúng mùa, không đúng lúc (ill-timed, improper, inapposite, inopportune, irrelative, unapt, unduly). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | praecoquae, praecoquas, praecox. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "unseasonable": unseasonableness, unseasonablenesses. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "unseasonable" (pronounced 'Un*sea"son*a*ble'): Abatable, Abdicable, Abhominable, Abhorrible, Abolishable, Abominable, Abrogable, Absolvable, Absorbable, Abusable, Accendible, Accentuable, Acceptable, Accessible, Acclimatable, Acclimatizable, Accommodable, Accompanable, Accomplishable, Accomptable, Accordable, Accostable, Accountable, Accusable, Accustomable, Acetable, Achievable, Acidifiable, Acquaintable, Acquirable, Acreable, Actable, Actionable, Adaptable, Addable, Addible, Adducible, Adjustable, Administrable, Admirable, Admissible, Admittable, Adoptable, Adorable, Adustible, Advantageable, Advisable, Affable, Affectible, Affiliable. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-b-e-e-l-n-n-o-s-s-u" | |
-2 letters: seasonable. | |
-3 letters: aloneness, bluenoses, nobleness. | |
-4 letters: abalones, annulose, blueness, bluenose, boneless, ennobles, enolases, leanness, loneness, nebulose, noblesse, nounless, sabulose, seasonal, selenous, sublease, subnasal. | |
-5 letters: abalone, aeneous, anlases, anneals, annuals, balases, baleens, blouses, bolases, boluses, bonuses, enables, ennoble, enolase, ensouls, nauseas, nebulae, nebulas, nelsons, nonuses, oneness, sensual, subsale, uneases, unseals, useable. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-b-e-e-l-n-n-o-s-s-u" | |
+3 letters: accountableness, unfavorableness. | |
+4 letters: unreasonableness, unseasonableness. | |
+5 letters: accountablenesses, unfashionableness, unfavorablenesses. | |
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