Off-season

Full definition of off-season

Noun

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.

Synonyms

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

Usage notes

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