off-season

[ awf-see-zuh n, of- ]

/ ˈɔfˈsi zən, ˈɒf- /

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

First recorded in 1840–50

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 |DAILY BEAST
Ruth, 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 |DAILY BEAST
The 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 |DAILY BEAST
In “Ramblings and Rumblings,” Fenn describes “a secret location” where the family gear was stashed during the off-season.

Clues for Finding Forrest Fenn’s Buried Treasure, Part 2 |Tony Doukopil |March 3, 2013 |DAILY BEAST

In More Home Cooking, she describes trying to cook turkey breasts during the off-season, only to be disappointed.

Food Writers Share Thanksgiving Stories |Jessica Ferri |November 24, 2011 |DAILY BEAST
There was no off-season in the matter of fishing, for Little Tim.

The Rival Campers Ashore |Ruel Perley Smith
Prices are certainly higher during the off-season, but growers would be well satisfied to get 1s.

Fruits of Queensland |Albert Benson
It was an off-season and there was nothing but measles here at the time.

Following the Equator, Complete |Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)
They took him, as a matter of course, for a plantation inspector, arrived in the off-season.

Foe-Farrell |Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
So 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 Queux