off-season

See also: offseason

English

Noun

off-season (plural off-seasons)

1. That part of the year when business is most slack and there are fewest clients or visitors
   • Seaside resorts in the off-season are really depressing
2. (sports) Period of time when regular competitions are not being held, or when an athlete is not participating in competitions.
   • 1983, Joe Weider, The Weider System of Bodybuilding, page 4.

     Alternating off-season and precontest cycles in bodybuilding over a period of years will result in the relatively quick development of a championship physique.

Usage notes

• Usually preceded by the definite article "the", but also used attributively.

Synonyms

• (period of slack business): low season, white week

Translations

period of slack business

• Chinese: 淡季 (zh)
• Finnish: matalasesonki

• Russian: несезон (ru) m (nesezon)