: not stylish or fashionable : not chic
Huge and plain, the old lake steamers are decidedly unchic.—
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Emily Ratajkowski Makes the Case for Techy Earphones Tech accessories are often very unchic.
—Vogue, 3 Oct. 2019
Under other circumstances, this hour might have seemed unchic, even geriatric, but these were unusual circumstances indeed.
—Lesley M.m. Blume, Town & Country, 15 July 2016
Vogue, 3 Oct. 2019
Under other circumstances, this hour might have seemed unchic, even geriatric, but these were unusual circumstances indeed.
—Lesley M.m. Blume, Town & Country, 15 July 2016
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First Known Use
1891, in the meaning defined above
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“Unchic.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unchic. Accessed 9 Dec. 2023.
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