Meanings
comparative more unseasonable · superlative most unseasonable
- Not in accordance with the season.
The snow in April was unseasonable.
- Not at the right or fitting time.
The King looked sourly upon Lord Gro, and said, “Thy counsel is unacceptable and unseasonable. What lieth behind it?”
1922, E[ric] R[ücker] Eddison, The Worm Ouroboros: A Romance, London: Jonathan Cape […], →OCLC, page 231 more example
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.
1838 (date written), L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter V, in Lady Anne Granard; or, Keeping up Appearances. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […], published 1842, →OCLC, page 44
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectivenot in keeping with (and usually undesirable for) the season
adjectivebadly timed
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Middle Englishunseasonable
- Englishunseasonable
From Middle English unseasonable, unsesonable, equivalent to un- + seasonable.
More words from Middle English
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian неподходящ за сезона
- неподходящ за сезона (nepodhodjašt za sezona)adjective
Hindi अकाल
- अकाल (akāl)adjective
Latin intempestīvus, incommodus
- intempestīvusadjective
- incommodusadjective
Punjabi ਕਰੁੱਤਾ
- ਕਰੁੱਤਾ (karuttā)adjective
Scottish Gaelic eas-amail
- eas-amailadjective
Urdu اکال
- اکال (akāl)adjective
Cite this entry
unseasonable. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unseasonable
“unseasonable.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unseasonable. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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