unfashionable

adjective un·fash·ion·able \ ˌən-ˈfa-sh(ə-)nə-bəl \

Updated on: 22 May 2018

Definition of unfashionable

1 : not in keeping with the current fashion

unfashionable clothes

2 : not favored socially

unfashionable neighborhoods

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unfashionableness

play \ˌən-ˈfa-sh(ə-)nə-bəl-nəs\ noun

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unfashionably

play \ˌən-ˈfa-sh(ə-)nə-blē\ adverb

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Examples of unfashionable in a Sentence

an old and unfashionable jacket that someone had donated to charity

Recent Examples of unfashionable from the Web

Ever since Pep Guardiola's rise at Barcelona in 2008 - players, fans and board members alike have become less and less accepting of the pragmatic manager, demonstrated in how unfashionable Jose Mourinho has become in recent years.

— SI.com, "Why Maurizio Sarri Is the Right Man to Replace Antionio Conte at Chelsea This Summer," 8 May 2018
The 1968 events first broke out on the Nanterre campus, in an unfashionable suburb west of Paris, before spreading to the Sorbonne in the Latin Quarter.

— The Economist, "Why French students are protesting again," 3 May 2018
Her service in the Legislature from the unfashionable West Side of the Valley of the Sun made her a juicy target for the sharpies in the hunt-and-peck section.

— chris stirewalt, Fox News, "Donald from Washington, you're on the line," 26 Apr. 2018
But his unfashionable passions started and sustained hundreds of careers, made billions of dollars and changed the history of theater forever.

— margaret gray, latimes.com, "Is this Andrew Lloyd Webber 'Unmasked' in a new memoir? Mmm, not quite," 6 Mar. 2018
Yet humanism has been seen in some quarters as unfashionable, or unachievable, or both.

— sarah bakewell, New York Times, "Steven Pinker Continues to See the Glass Half Full," 2 Mar. 2018
Weber’s idea is unfashionable these days, partly because so many non-Protestant countries have become rich and partly because of a cause-and-effect problem.

— The Economist, "Both God and MammonProtestantism might be good for the wallet, after all," 22 Feb. 2018
While small compared with giants like Volkswagen AG and Toyota Motor Corp., Marchionne has given Fiat a new lease on life by streamlining expenses and shifting from unfashionable sedans to higher margin sport utility vehicles.

— tommaso ebhardt, Bloomberg.com, "Fiat CEO Sees Room to Double Profit by 2022," 14 Jan. 2018
Kneeling outside, hands in the dirt, with a tool belt of scissors and shovels is a somewhat unfashionable proposition.

— steff yotka, Vogue, "Loewe Has Made the Perfect Shirt for the Stylish Gardener," 18 Jan. 2018

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