out of season
Not available now
Out of season describes something unavailable or inappropriate for the current time of year.
Produce out of season isn't being harvested locally: Strawberries are expensive out of season.
Hunting or fishing out of season violates regulations protecting wildlife during breeding periods.
The phrase extends to anything poorly timed: His jokes felt out of season at a funeral.
- prematureOccurring before expected
- belatedArriving after expected
- frost damageHarm from ice formation
- hunting restrictionsRules governing wildlife harvest
- spring trainingBaseball's preseason practice period
bad timing · untimely · wrong time · anachronistic · fashion trends · off-peak · asynchronous · hibernation · unavailable · unexpected · displaced · out of place · out of fashion · training camp · irregular · out of stock
out of seasonin season
Currently at peak freshness
seasonal · farm-fresh · vine-ripened · ripe
out of seasonin season
Currently at peak freshness
timely · well-timed · on schedule · current · apropos
season, outs, outing, outings, seasonal, seasons, seasoned, seasoning, seasonable