GDict

unseasonable

ʌn'si:znәbl4 senses · 51 ms
Level C2
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adj
  1. 1

    Not in accordance with the season.

    • The snow in April was unseasonable.
  2. 2

    Not at the right or fitting time.

    • There is a mania in every class to be mistaken for what it is not. Many things innocent, nay, even graceful in themselves, become injurious and awkward by unseasonable imitation.
    • The King looked sourly upon Lord Gro, and said, “Thy counsel is unacceptable and unseasonable. What lieth behind it?”

syn. ill-timed · inopportune

ant. seasonable

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