off-season
a time of year other than the regular or busiest one for a specific activity: Fares are lower in the off-season.
a time of year when business, manufacturing activity, etc., is less than normal or at an unusually low point.
of, relating to, or during the off-season: off-season hotel rates.
in or during the off-season: Traveling off-season is the easiest way to save vacation money.
Origin of off-season
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How to use off-season in a sentence
A lazy off-season afternoon in Palmer's house is like being trapped in a Rube Goldberg cartoon.
Sadly, Lovato seems to have been Rowland's classmate in that Reality TV 101 course during the off-season.
New ‘X Factor’ Judges. Same Horrible, Boring, Ridiculous Reality Show | Kevin Fallon | September 12, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTRuth, too, was famous for performing vaudevillian shenanigans on the off-season barnstorming tours he frequently headlined.
The Myth of Jackie Mitchell, the Girl Who Struck Out Ruth and Gehrig | Adam Doster | May 18, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTBy that point in his career, Montville says Ruth had even started to employ a modest off-season conditioning program.
The Myth of Jackie Mitchell, the Girl Who Struck Out Ruth and Gehrig | Adam Doster | May 18, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTThe season is different from the off-season, which is different from spring training.
Opening Day 2013: How to Write About Baseball in the Big Leagues | Noah Charney | March 31, 2013 | THE DAILY BEAST
His ill-fame had preceded him, and in addition thereto, it was the off-season, and vacancies few.
Mixed Faces | Roy NortonSo small is Cromer, with its narrow streets near the sea, that in the off-season strangers are constantly running into each other.
The Place of Dragons | William Le QueuxPrices are certainly higher during the off-season, but growers would be well satisfied to get 1s.
Fruits of Queensland | Albert BensonHe yearned for it in the off-season interim as a drunkard for his bottle.
Local Color | Irvin S. CobbDon't you fellows get anything for it but a little off-season work?
Uncle Sam Detective | William Atherton Du Puy
British Dictionary definitions for off season
denoting or occurring during a period of little activity in a trade or business
such a period
in an off-season period
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