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Recent Examples of uncool
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.
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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
In some circles, pointing out a guy’s height — or conspicuous lack of it, in Gutfeld’s pint-sized case — might be considered uncool.
—Michael Deeds, Idaho Statesman, 21 Oct. 2025
Posing too hard in each snap was uncool; Snapchat was meant to be unfiltered, that is until filters came out.
—Annabelle Canela, Parents, 12 Sep. 2025
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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
In some circles, pointing out a guy’s height — or conspicuous lack of it, in Gutfeld’s pint-sized case — might be considered uncool.
—Michael Deeds, Idaho Statesman, 21 Oct. 2025
Posing too hard in each snap was uncool; Snapchat was meant to be unfiltered, that is until filters came out.
—Annabelle Canela, Parents, 12 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for uncool
Adjective
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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
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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
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This roster is so feeble and slow-footed, so untrendy, even Lue has been unable to make an appetizing watch of it.—
Mirjam Swanson,
Oc Register,
26 Nov. 2025
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This untrendy stoic stillness, however, offered dubious prospects.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
23 July 2025
Adjective
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The deceptively low-key humor of Demetri Martin was once labeled nerdy or alternative, given his smart one-liners, on-stage drawings and overall subtly.—
John Wenzel,
Denver Post,
5 Mar. 2026
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The question feels like the lead up to a nerdy joke.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
4 Mar. 2026
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“Uncool.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/uncool. Accessed 12 Mar. 2026.
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