unseasonable

Examples

• All

• After lunch, they returned home for naps, lit a small heater they had placed in their room to ward off the unseasonable Florida chill, and in their sleep, inhaling through cleared sinuses, were overcome by its fumes.

  Fiction book (2001)

• And, you know, he also talks about lying, theft, unseasonable conversation a little bit further down.

  Gregory B. Sadler - That Philosophy Guy

• Not to make unseasonable demands upon the patience of the reader—particularly an historian who is predisposed to regard any putative connection between literature and art as dubious—we should attempt to exhibit some immediate application of our analysis to history.

  Academic text (1992)

• The sudden snowstorm in April was seen as an unseasonable event, catching everyone off guard.

• Her decision to wear a heavy coat in the warm summer sun felt unseasonable to her friends.

Synonyms

W

wrong

vsunseasonable

∞ 1.0

Not suitable for a particular time or purpose

focuses specifically on awkward or badly timed moments rather than general unsuitability

U

untimely

vsunseasonable

34 5.3

Happening at a bad time, often earlier than expected

is about general inappropriate timing not only being premature

I

ill-timed

vsunseasonable

3 5.5

Happening at a bad time that causes problems

is focused on awkward timing rather than mere inconvenience

I

infelicitous

vsunseasonable

• Formal

1 9.1

Unsuitable for a situation that makes people feel uncomfortable

refers specifically to timing being inappropriate rather than causing unhappiness

Antonyms

S

seasonable

5.6

Happens at a good time

How Timely

opportune

13 6.8

timely

111 3.0

unseasonable

1 5.9

ill-timed

3 5.5

untimely

34 5.3

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology