uncool

adjective

un·​cool ˌən-ˈkül 

1

: lacking in assurance, sophistication, or self-control

2

: failing to accord with the values or styles (as of dress or behavior) of a particular group : not accepted or admired as cool or proper

driving an uncool car

an uncool remark

Examples of uncool in a Sentence

Her parents' car is totally uncool.

It's uncool to lie to your friends.

Recent Examples on the Web

Silicon Valley won’t save kids from products designed to be addictive, so perhaps the goal should be to make social media as uncool for kids as cigarettes became in the ’90s and 2000s. —Parmy Olson, Mercury News, 19 Apr. 2025

But Americans were decidedly uncool as the stock market tanked and prices across the board on everyday goods were set to skyrocket. —S.e. Cupp, New York Daily News, 10 Apr. 2025

On Netflix’s basketball comedy Running Point, Tarver puts a new spin on the uncool sibling trope. —Samantha Allen, Them, 24 Feb. 2025

There was a really a deep distinction between prestige food writing and home cooking, which was very gendered and uncool. —Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 29 Mar. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1948, in the meaning defined at sense 2

Rhymes for uncool

• ampoule
• bascule
• carpool
• cesspool
• ferrule
• footstool
• guayule
• lobule
• misrule
• preschool
• pustule
• whirlpool