Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

unseasonable

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.93 in modern English

Syllables: un-sea-son-able
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Not in accordance with the season.

adj

Not at the right or fitting time.

Example Sentences

"The snow in April was unseasonable."
"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."
"The King looked sourly upon Lord Gro, and said, “Thy counsel is unacceptable and unseasonable. What lieth behind it?”"

Etymology

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

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: unseasonable

Inflected Forms

more unseasonable (comparative) most unseasonable (superlative)

Derived Forms

unseasonableness unseasonably

Synonyms

ill-timed inopportune untimely wrong

Antonyms

seasonable

Questions

What does unseasonable mean?: Not in accordance with the season.
Where does unseasonable come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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