off-season

[ awf-see-zuhn, of- ]

noun

1. a time of year other than the regular or busiest one for a specific activity:

   Fares are lower in the off-season.

2. a time of year when business, manufacturing activity, etc., is less than normal or at an unusually low point.

adjective

1. of, relating to, or during the off-season:

   off-season hotel rates.

adverb

1. in or during the off-season:

   Traveling off-season is the easiest way to save vacation money.

off season

adjective

1. denoting or occurring during a period of little activity in a trade or business

noun

1. such a period

adverb

1. in an off-season period

Word History and Origins

Origin of off-season¹

First recorded in 1840–50

Example Sentences

A lazy off-season afternoon in Palmer's house is like being trapped in a Rube Goldberg cartoon.

From The Daily Beast

Sadly, Lovato seems to have been Rowland's classmate in that Reality TV 101 course during the off-season.

From The Daily Beast

Ruth, too, was famous for performing vaudevillian shenanigans on the off-season barnstorming tours he frequently headlined.

From The Daily Beast

By that point in his career, Montville says Ruth had even started to employ a modest off-season conditioning program.

From The Daily Beast

The season is different from the off-season, which is different from spring training.

From The Daily Beast

His ill-fame had preceded him, and in addition thereto, it was the off-season, and vacancies few.

From Project Gutenberg

So small is Cromer, with its narrow streets near the sea, that in the off-season strangers are constantly running into each other.

From Project Gutenberg

Prices are certainly higher during the off-season, but growers would be well satisfied to get 1s.

From Project Gutenberg

He yearned for it in the off-season interim as a drunkard for his bottle.

From Project Gutenberg

Don't you fellows get anything for it but a little off-season work?

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