ˌən-ˈsēz-nə-bəl
as in early
occurring before the usual or expected time
an unseasonable snowstorm in early November
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Recent Examples of unseasonable
Advertisement That’s not to say that temperatures will immediately drop to an autumn-like chill, but thermometers across the state are expected to slowly decrease from their unseasonable highs, which in many areas have been 20 degrees above average for this time of year.
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Grace Toohey, Los Angeles Times, 7 Oct. 2024
With another day of unseasonable heat, some sought shelter in cooling centers operated by cities and counties.
—Nollyanne Delacruz, The Mercury News, 3 Oct. 2024
The importance of this practice was underscored recently when several mass howler monkey die-offs in Mexico were attributed to the formation of a heat dome made more likely by a warmed, chaotic atmosphere increasingly dishing out unpredictable and unseasonable weather extremes.
—Joan Meiners, USA TODAY, 11 Sep. 2024
Then the unseasonable summer rains came, pounding Paris and undoing much of that work.
—Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 4 Aug. 2024
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Grace Toohey, Los Angeles Times, 7 Oct. 2024
With another day of unseasonable heat, some sought shelter in cooling centers operated by cities and counties.
—Nollyanne Delacruz, The Mercury News, 3 Oct. 2024
The importance of this practice was underscored recently when several mass howler monkey die-offs in Mexico were attributed to the formation of a heat dome made more likely by a warmed, chaotic atmosphere increasingly dishing out unpredictable and unseasonable weather extremes.
—Joan Meiners, USA TODAY, 11 Sep. 2024
Then the unseasonable summer rains came, pounding Paris and undoing much of that work.
—Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 4 Aug. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unseasonable
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Tax season continued its sluggish start into early February, but tax refunds continued to steadily roll out the door.—
Susan Tompor,
USA TODAY,
25 Feb. 2025
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Her TikTok resonated with many users, who flooded the comments with their own memories of early Instagram.—
Mark Joseph,
Newsweek,
24 Feb. 2025
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Twelve days later, the Three Mile Island Nuclear Generation Station in Pennsylvania experienced the single worst nuclear meltdown on record in U.S. history, giving the film unexpected prescience.—
Keaton Bell,
Vogue,
20 Feb. 2025
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There may be many unexpected effects of repeal that might require revision to plans and documents.—
Martin Shenkman,
Forbes,
20 Feb. 2025
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Release date, cast, more Queen Latifah, Adrien Brody, Kerry Washington, more stars flock to Thom Browne's NYFW show 'Really bummed out:' Beverly Ortega explains sudden departure from 'The Bachelor' When is WorldPride Music Festival 2025?—
Anthony Robledo,
USA TODAY,
19 Feb. 2025
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At least one judge has already found that the administration did defy his order on the reversal of the wide-ranging and sudden federal funding freeze.—
New York Daily News Editorial Board,
New York Daily News,
18 Feb. 2025
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Life insurance used to provide protection against untimely death, known as mortality risk.—
Avivah Wittenberg-Cox,
Forbes,
21 Feb. 2025
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Notably, the songs featured on the album were unable to be recorded before Marczewski’s untimely death.—
Tyler Jenke,
Billboard,
20 Feb. 2025
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If Ukraine is forced into a premature settlement without adequate safeguards, other U.S. allies—including those in NATO and the Indo-Pacific—would be reasonable to question the reliability of American commitments.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
14 Feb. 2025
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Studying how music therapy for extremely premature babies can boost their health outcomes.—
Chris Higgins,
Kansas City Star,
13 Feb. 2025
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Young and precocious, South Elgin’s Allison Garbacz doesn’t get rattled by the next challenge.—
Patrick Z. McGavin,
Chicago Tribune,
17 Feb. 2025
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Her brother, who is younger and a bit precocious, is not.—
Eric Thomas,
Sun Sentinel,
7 Feb. 2025
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That Scherzinger’s politically inopportune social media likes might cost her a Tony Award only adds to the metatextual experience since, as any true fan of hers knows, that is an extremely Nicole Scherzinger turn of events.—
Gráinne O'Hara Belluomo,
WWD,
1 Dec. 2024
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Any charges, if filed, would likely come at a politically inopportune time for Trump, who leads the pack of contenders in the 2024 Republican presidential primary.—
Time,
Time,
7 June 2023
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“Unseasonable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unseasonable. Accessed 1 Mar. 2025.
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