uncool

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Recent Examples of uncool Superman, despite his status as (arguably) the first superhero, and perhaps the most famous, has long been uncool. Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 11 July 2025 Third-wave feminism and its attendant media turned dieting (or at least talking about it) into something archaic and deeply uncool. Ellen Cushing, The Atlantic, 25 June 2025 After over a decade of being relegated as yet another bygone trend of the aughts, the decidedly uncool shoes were unironically hotter than ever. Bill Rokos, Forbes.com, 24 June 2025 The reality has been a parade of expensive — or worse, deeply uncool — disappointments. Jackie Snow, Quartz, 22 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for uncool
Recent Examples of Synonyms for uncool
Adjective
  • In the 2000 Loser, Jason Biggs plays Paul, a sweet but unhip Midwestern kid who gets a scholarship to NYU, only to be met with the sneering savagery of his rich-kid roommates.
    Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 18 July 2025
  • Chicago Bath House 1914 W. Division St., Chicago This Wicker Park bathhouse has been unabashedly unhip since 1906.
    Outside Online, Outside Online, 28 May 2025
Adjective
  • This untrendy stoic stillness, however, offered dubious prospects.
    Richard Brody, New Yorker, 23 July 2025
  • That’s very untrendy, and harder to do.
    David Heuring, Variety, 4 Mar. 2023
Adjective
  • Noah is a debt-addled, nerdy middle-aged who feels totally emasculated by his inability to get a project off the ground.
    Sam Bodrojan, IndieWire, 11 Sep. 2025
  • The city has been taken over by a bunch of evil gangs and so the nerdy Scott Pilgrim and his pals, including Ramona Flowers and Lucas Lee come to the rescue.
    Joshua Lamb, Forbes.com, 6 Sep. 2025

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“Uncool.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/uncool. Accessed 29 Sep. 2025.

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