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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Then Minaj tore into previous presidential administrations for being un-Christian and uncool.
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Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 20 Jan. 2026
To appear earnest, eager, or uncool in exchange for a chance at something real is to give someone power over your heart, pride, and time.
—Jenna Ryu, SELF, 14 Jan. 2026
The sort of uncool even someone very uncool like me would have known enough to conceal—me who wore khakis and played oboe and had braces and yes for a phase had basically no friends.
—Literary Hub, 18 Dec. 2025
After an uncool beatdown at the hands of heel faction The Judgment Day, Cena, Sheamus and Rey Mysterio took Finn Bálor, Dominik Mysterio (Rey’s son and the man Cena defeated for the title) and JD McDonagh on in an official, sanctioned capacity.
—Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 18 Nov. 2025
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Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 20 Jan. 2026
To appear earnest, eager, or uncool in exchange for a chance at something real is to give someone power over your heart, pride, and time.
—Jenna Ryu, SELF, 14 Jan. 2026
The sort of uncool even someone very uncool like me would have known enough to conceal—me who wore khakis and played oboe and had braces and yes for a phase had basically no friends.
—Literary Hub, 18 Dec. 2025
After an uncool beatdown at the hands of heel faction The Judgment Day, Cena, Sheamus and Rey Mysterio took Finn Bálor, Dominik Mysterio (Rey’s son and the man Cena defeated for the title) and JD McDonagh on in an official, sanctioned capacity.
—Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 18 Nov. 2025
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“Uncool.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/uncool. Accessed 8 Feb. 2026.
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