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.
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Using a fresh term lends an optimistic gloss, seeming to rescue motherhood from the cultural forces that have rendered past generations of mothers uncool, infantile, and generally unfit for public life.
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Amanda Hess, Vogue, 8 May 2025
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
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Amanda Hess, Vogue, 8 May 2025
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
See All Example Sentences for uncool
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“Uncool.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/uncool. Accessed 8 Jul. 2025.
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