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unseasonable

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un⋅sea⋅son⋅a⋅ble

  [uhn-see-zuh-nuh-buhl]
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–adjective
1. not seasonable; being out of season; unseasonal: unseasonable weather.
2. not befitting the occasion; untimely; ill-timed; inopportune; inappropriate: Their visits were usually unseasonable.
Origin:
1400–50; late ME; see un- 1 , seasonable

Related forms:
un⋅sea⋅son⋅a⋅ble⋅ness, noun
un⋅sea⋅son⋅a⋅bly, adverb
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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.
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Word Origin & History

unseasonable 
c.1448, "inopportune," from un- (1) "not" + seasonable (see season (n.)). In ref. to weather, "not appropriate to the time of year," it is recorded from 1513.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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