unfashionable

adjective

un·​fash·​ion·​able ˌən-ˈfa-sh(ə-)nə-bəl How to pronounce unfashionable (audio)
1
: not in keeping with the current fashion
unfashionable clothes
2
: not favored socially
unfashionable neighborhoods
unfashionableness noun
unfashionably adverb

Examples of unfashionable in a Sentence

an old and unfashionable jacket that someone had donated to charity
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The movie takes its title for the unfashionable floater of a nearly unhittable pitch, long, high and vexing. Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune, 20 Mar. 2025 King-Hammond suggested yet another factor: his focus on people, and not formalist ideas, was unfashionable in the eyes of art history’s shapers. Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 25 Feb. 2025 But here’s the thing: these seemingly unfashionable socks are more than just a snug and stretchy medical necessity. Sandra Rose Salathe, Flow Space, 30 Jan. 2025 It's never really been unfashionable to wear a bow in your hair; it's just been extra-super-trendy for the last year or two. Marci Robin, Allure, 13 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for unfashionable

Word History

First Known Use

1648, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of unfashionable was in 1648

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“Unfashionable.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unfashionable. Accessed 4 Apr. 2025.

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