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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The two options, presented to the governor’s staff in early December, included a plan to have UConn Health stockpile the drug, which would have cost roughly $1.2 million, and another to have Planned Parenthood do so, which would have cost around $850,000, according to Gilchrest.—
Katy Golvala,
Hartford Courant,
19 Jan. 2025
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Need something easy to throw on for that early morning flight?—
Rosie Marder,
Travel + Leisure,
19 Jan. 2025
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The series will also focus on Collins' complicated relationship with the commander-in-chief himself, President Cal Bradford (James Marsden), who meets an unexpected and gruesome fate early on.—
Amaris Encinas,
USA TODAY,
27 Jan. 2025
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Volunteer activities also can result in unexpected damage claims.—
Bob Carlson,
Forbes,
27 Jan. 2025
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But, an approach solely focused on sudden movements could lead to so many false triggers, users would likely find the option more annoying than beneficial—and that’s where machine learning, a segment of AI focused on pattern recognition, comes into play.—
Reece Rogers,
WIRED,
25 Jan. 2025
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The flaw, which affects vehicles made between February 2021 and October 2023, can cause sudden power loss, potentially leaving drivers stranded or unable to start their vehicles.—
Gordon G. Chang,
Newsweek,
24 Jan. 2025
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If a live performance can be deemed hallowed ground, then Selena Quintanilla at the Houston Astrodome in February 1995, a month before her untimely death, certainly qualifies.—
Carlos Aguilar,
Variety,
27 Jan. 2025
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Featuring raw interviews with his former girlfriends Wasser and Rebecca Moore and his mother, Mary Guibert, director Amy Berg's new documentary is an exploration of Buckley's life and untimely death from accidental drowning.—
Maureen Lee Lenker,
EW.com,
26 Jan. 2025
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This mindset leads to frustration, doubts about program effectiveness, and premature abandonment of efforts.—
Julian Hayes II,
Forbes,
22 Jan. 2025
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What did Terzic say at half time, and which bit of premature triumphalism most motivated Mainz to play out of their skins?—
Sebastian Stafford-Bloor,
The Athletic,
21 Jan. 2025
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In the doc, Winkler recalls his first encounter with the precocious Matlin and how their friendship evolved to the point of roommates.—
Jack Smart,
People.com,
25 Jan. 2025
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Vann describes himself as a precocious introvert who wants to learn the ways of the land.—
Adam Solomons,
IndieWire,
25 Jan. 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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