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Recent Examples of unchic
Emily Ratajkowski Makes the Case for Techy Earphones Tech accessories are often very unchic.
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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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unchic
Adjective
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After Frost’s retirement in 2001, with conglomerates having become deeply unfashionable, other parts of the company were sold and Hays became a focused staffing and recruitment business.—
Ian King,
CNBC,
8 Oct. 2025
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Whatever Gentiles might have thought in private, the Nazis had made overt antisemitism unfashionable, even odious.—
Ian Buruma,
New Yorker,
22 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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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.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
18 Dec. 2025
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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
Adjective
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Namely, what many scholars took to be the fundamentals of the discipline were not empirical constants at all, but the fleeting patterns of an outmoded ideological regime.—
Jason Blakely,
Harpers Magazine,
30 Dec. 2025
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Nor are these outmoded systems able to improve profit margins for lenders.—
Geoff Green,
Fortune,
22 Dec. 2025
Adjective
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Accelerating the vicious cycle, businesses, aware that the state is unattractive to families, are then further incentivized to either leave or not expand their business to California.—
Wayne Winegarden,
Oc Register,
4 Jan. 2026
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For instance, there’s a difference between wanting a bikini wax so that body hair doesn’t show during swim team meets, and wanting one because hairless models on Instagram convinced them their pubic hair is unattractive.—
Liz Regalia,
Parents,
27 Dec. 2025
Adjective
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World-renowned for its cashmere, buttery leather, and tailored wool, Italian winter fashion leaves no room for dowdy sweatpants and sweatshirts.—
Nneya Richards,
Travel + Leisure,
22 Nov. 2025
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But something about the work’s improbable balancing act—the small dowdy base exerting enough gravity to keep the rest airborne—breathes energy into the air around it.—
Susan Tallman,
New Yorker,
23 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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But while practical, it’s understated enough for everyday wear without making your outfits look frumpy or unstylish.—
Merrell Readman,
Travel + Leisure,
3 Dec. 2025
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Only this time, Trump’s ambush was far more clearly choreographed, and thus somewhat less unstylish.—
Jonny Steinberg,
Time,
22 May 2025
Adjective
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The resort has teamed up with local partners like Pieces of 8 boat tours to offer guests day trips to the Bahamas' out islands of Exuma and Eleuthera– where visitors can swim with pigs or feed iguanas in their natural habitat.—
Kristin Braswell,
Condé Nast Traveler,
7 Jan. 2026
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Best interception Cornerback Kani Walker saw a quick out route late in the first half against Auburn and jumped a pass from Jackson Arnold, his former teammate at Auburn, for an interception at the Arkansas 11 with the Hogs ahead by four points.—
Tom Murphy,
Arkansas Online,
31 Dec. 2025
Adjective
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Schiffl, the provost's spokesperson, says the nuns' social media presence is unbecoming of their order and that their superiors take a dim view of it.—
Esme Nicholson,
NPR,
4 Nov. 2025
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This is unbecoming of the office.—
Joey Nolfi,
Entertainment Weekly,
17 Sep. 2025
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“Unchic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unchic. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.
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