unseasonable

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Etymology

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From Middle English unseasonable, unsesonable, equivalent to un- +‎ seasonable.

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unseasonable (comparative more unseasonable, superlative most unseasonable)

  1. Not in accordance with the season.
    The snow in April was unseasonable.
    • 1838 (date written), L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter V, in Lady Anne Granard; or, Keeping up Appearances. [], volume I, London: Henry Colburn, [], published 1842, →OCLC, page 44:
      There is a mania in every class to be mistaken for what it is not. Many things innocent, nay, even graceful in themselves, become injurious and awkward by unseasonable imitation.

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