Meaning & use
off-season
The period of the year when an activity, business, or resort is least busy or active.
See it in a sentence
Hotel rates drop sharply in the off-season when fewer tourists visit.
The team uses the off-season to recover from injuries and train harder.
A note on using this word
Off-season can function as a noun ('during the off-season') or an adjective directly before a noun ('off-season prices').
Words with a similar meaning
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Words with an opposite meaning
peak season
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