What's the difference between unreason and unseason?
Unreason
Definition:
(n.) Want of reason; unreasonableness; absurdity.
(v. t.) To undo, disprove, or refute by reasoning.
Example Sentences:
(1) In the three cases examined, the panel said that none "represents subversion of the peer review process nor unreasonable attempts to influence the editorial policy of journals".
(2) Ensure data protection rules don’t place unreasonable costs on business.
(3) Unreasonable expectations and expansion of the health sector have spawned counterproductive effects which are to some extent detrimental to public health.
(4) She said aggression or abuse were never acceptable, but NHS contracts obliged GPs to give a warning before removing patients, in most cases, with the exception of cases where this would pose a risk or it was unreasonable to do so.
(5) It is wiser, in the light of results reporting individual differences in the existence and extent of the paradox, and its sensitivity to stimulus conditions, to side with Blake and Fox (1973) when they observed that it is not unreasonable to suppose that various stimulus conditions might yield varying amounts of summation or even inhibition.
(6) It was concluded that treatment with enalapril was well tolerated and it is, therefore, unreasonable to restrict the initiation of treatment with enalapril to inpatients.
(7) This paper, presented as part of a panel on the subject, has propounded the view that the defense is unconscionable, using that aspect of the definition dealing with unreasonableness.
(8) Thus, EDS seems to be a "safe" diagnosis, and it is not unreasonable to assume that it could represent a disease entity.
(9) The surveyor is proud to announce, "I can assure my readers that Walden has a reasonably tight bottom at a not unreasonable, though at an unusual, depth."
(10) Speaking of the Chilcot inquiry this week, David Cameron said: "It would be unreasonable to postpone it beyond the next election," with his eyes clearly on the prize rather than a genuine interest in justice.
(11) "If they quoted unreasonable rates, they might lose the opportunity to work again."
(12) Most frequent efforts were to pass state statutes making it unreasonably difficult to obtain an abortion.
(13) Iain Duncan Smith, the work and pensions secretary, said: “This is an excellent ruling – and supports our view that people coming to the UK who don’t have sufficient resources to support themselves and would become an unreasonable burden should not be able to access national welfare systems.
(14) The suit says the helmets were unreasonably dangerous and unsafe.
(15) The demands become especially unreasonable at holiday time, when politicians can be portrayed as indifferent to the public suffering or inconvenience.
(16) Also, as we gain further understanding of the molecular and cellular consequences of brain injury, it is not unreasonable to expect improved pharmacologic therapy of the various sequelae of brain injury.
(17) Neither have unreasonably low determinations of viability.
(18) Kenton's alliance with Zaleshoff isn't always an easy one - the journalist is unimpressed by the spy's attempt to fob him off with the official Stalinist line on Trotskyite subversion, for example, and Zaleshoff is, not unreasonably, suspicious of Kenton's motives for helping him - but it's kept afloat by the undercurrent of sexual attraction between Kenton and Zaleshoff's sister.
(19) Heydon made the not unreasonable point that it was strange for someone to seek an early appearance at the royal commission if they didn’t intend to cooperate fully and answer questions.
(20) But it sees the recovery gathering pace and growth almost doubling in 2011 – forecasts that King today described as not "unreasonable".
Unseason
Definition:
(v. t.) To make unseasoned; to deprive of seasoning.
(v. t.) To strike unseasonably; to affect disagreeably or unfavorably.
Example Sentences:
(1) "A cold stormy rain set in" – unseasonal for July.
(2) A low-key first half, played at a tempo to suit the unseasonal temperature, was evenly balanced in that each side created just a couple of scoring chances worthy of the name.
(3) But the company blamed unseasonal weather for an expected fall of 2% for sales at established stores.
(4) Talk to farmers in the Philippines, Nepal, south east Asia, Latin America, much of Africa and Latin America, and most will say that they are seeing more extreme storms, unseasonal rains, and more droughts and heatwaves.
(5) His welcome in a smoggy but unseasonably temperate Delhi for his first summit with Modi will be much warmer.
(6) He claims a lot of the wood used was soft and unseasoned.
(7) Clearly something has happened in the last few days to bring on the first unseasonal stirrings of the colonic run-in.
(8) Young Bulgarian and Romanian workers, seemingly oblivious to the unseasonal chill of the British spring, worked under the protection of polytunnels.
(9) Originally published in Howler magazine It was an unseasonably cold October night in the urban moonscape that is Reykjavík, the capital of Iceland .
(10) Unseasonably cold weather apparently was a factor in initiating the onset of clinical signs and probably increased the severity of the disease.
(11) But there is no sign of that happening in this poll, even though it is brimming with evidence of an unseasonally gloomy mood.
(12) José Mourinho laid the blame for Chelsea’s slow start on the unseasonal weather, the manager moved to complain that felt his side had been “lazy” before recovering to beat Leicester 2-0 at Stamford Bridge.
(13) Its monthly sales monitor with consultants KPMG said volumes were up 0.8% on a like-for-like basis from October 2012 as unseasonably warm weather saw clothing sales fall but gadgets, games and home accessories all enjoyed growth.
(14) This outbreak occurred concurrently with EEE in horses and was attributed to unseasonably heavy rainfall with an abundance of arthropod vectors and proximity to free-living reservoir host species.
(15) Pyongyang is said to have told the military that Seoul’s spy agency is behind the unseasonably high number of snakes in Ryanggang province, which borders China.
(16) But don't be lulled into thinking December has been unseasonably mild.
(17) An unseasonably early appearance of EEEV in mosquitoes was the only basis upon which the threat to humans could have been recognized.
(18) For two winters in a row the UK has had unseasonably low rainfall.
(19) Which is why I find myself looking at a small plate containing two raw unseasoned ants atop a one-inch cube of pineapple.
(20) The Jump had challenges of its own for Humphreys, including unseasonably warm weather.