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anti-fashionable

adjective an·ti-fash·ion·able \ ˌan-tē-ˈfash-nə-bəl , -ˈfa-shə-nə- , ˌan-tī- \

Definition of anti-fashionable

: not in agreement with popular fashions : deliberately or emphatically not fashionable

She examines the adoption of anti-fashionable clothing, the bloomer, as appropriate attire for that activity.
—Patricia Anne Cunningham and Susan Voso Lab

First Known Use of anti-fashionable

1843

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