unseasonal
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of unseasonal
Example Sentences
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But every year, as wrapping paper detonates across the living room and a small mountain of objects emerges—some beloved, some baffling—I have the same unseasonal thought: This is wildly inefficient.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 23, 2025
When The Associated Press visited the renewable energy park, two days of unseasonal heavy rains had left the ground muddy and water logged since the only escape for water in this rough terrain is evaporation.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 4, 2023
Typically, November temperatures are 6C to 10C, making this spell particularly unseasonal.
From BBC • Nov. 30, 2023
Earlier in the year, northern China basked in unseasonal heat, with temperatures reaching summer-levels, shortly after a very cold January, when the northernmost city of Mohe saw the temperature dip to a record minus 53C.
From Reuters • Nov. 3, 2023
In the unseasonal car, with its powerful air-conditioning switched off and sunroof closed, we started for home.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
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