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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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.
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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
In an era of kale Caesar salads and turmeric lattes, an old-fashioned meatloaf feels decidedly frumpy and uncool.
—Betsy Cribb Watson, Southern Living, 17 Nov. 2025
Some boys might think it a bit uncool to name-drop their mums in interviews.
—Daniel Taylor, New York Times, 11 Nov. 2025
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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
In an era of kale Caesar salads and turmeric lattes, an old-fashioned meatloaf feels decidedly frumpy and uncool.
—Betsy Cribb Watson, Southern Living, 17 Nov. 2025
Some boys might think it a bit uncool to name-drop their mums in interviews.
—Daniel Taylor, New York Times, 11 Nov. 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 30 Dec. 2025.
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