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Recent Examples of unfashionable But here’s the thing: these seemingly unfashionable socks are more than just a snug and stretchy medical necessity. Sandra Rose Salathe, Flow Space, 30 Jan. 2025 It's never really been unfashionable to wear a bow in your hair; it's just been extra-super-trendy for the last year or two. Marci Robin, Allure, 13 Feb. 2025 There were also dozens more Baroque paintings, many dating to the seventeenth century and acquired in the nineteen-eighties and nineties, when such works were unfashionable. Rebecca Mead, The New Yorker, 22 July 2024 Frisco hooded peacoat: $15.19 Dog coats don’t need to be unfashionable. Christopher Murray, Fox News, 16 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for unfashionable
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unfashionable
Adjective
  • Walking the Talk as a Role Model Too many leaders assume organizational rules don't apply to them, creating double standards and rationalizing inappropriate behavior.
    Joseph Folkman, Forbes.com, 26 June 2025
  • Satisfied that there may have indeed been inappropriate action on the part of the veteran Karate Kid actor, Sony addressed Kove directly.
    Dominic Patten, Deadline, 26 June 2025
Adjective
  • Washing Windows Cleaning windows works best in good lighting to achieve a streak-free finish, making nighttime an unsuitable time for the task.
    Mary Cornetta, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 June 2025
  • Directed by Joseph Kahn, the clip features guest appearances from Marlon Lundgren Garcia and MrBeast, who play unsuitable prospects for the singer.
    Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 16 June 2025
Adjective
  • Consider a car engine: Removing deposits and sludge (inaccurate, outdated, irrelevant and incorrect information) reduces friction, while clean oil (large language models and AI) ensures smooth performance.
    Savinay Berry, Forbes.com, 26 June 2025
  • The buzzer was heard since that number was incorrect and the price of the car increased to 50 cents.
    Stephanie Giang-Paunon, FOXNews.com, 25 June 2025
Adjective
  • Only this time, Trump’s ambush was far more clearly choreographed, and thus somewhat less unstylish.
    Jonny Steinberg, Time, 22 May 2025
  • The sequences in which the crew shoots the movie also provide some of the most memorable technical flourishes for a film that’s largely sturdy and relatively unstylish, and Saleh has a bit of fun staging his tense thriller on some cheap looking soundstages.
    Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 19 May 2025
Adjective
  • The Verge reported a Tesla Model Y robotaxi briefly traveled the wrong way down a road in Austin.
    Samantha Subin, CNBC, 23 June 2025
  • Her only 'crime' seems to be coming from the 'wrong' country.
    Billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 June 2025
Adjective
  • The dowdy and shy Ursula is diabetic and has lost her eyesight in one eye.
    Michelle F. Solomon, Miami Herald, 15 May 2025
  • Machi plays a dowdy tax inspector closing in on a Shakira-style Latina singer for tax fraud.
    Marta Balaga, Variety, 15 May 2025
Adjective
  • In Dogma, however, there’s value in his casual, inelegant approach.
    Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 6 June 2025
  • The obvious fix is a little bit of duct tape, an inelegant but quick repair with a resource that most households already have on hand.
    PC Magazine, PC Magazine, 26 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • What could possibly go wrong on such a slippery slope, where nothing remains sacred, tradition is going extinct and everything left is tacky and transactional?
    Jim Alexander, Oc Register, 26 June 2025
  • With drinks in hand and dogs underfoot, guests can wander through the studios, which remain open for the occasion, canvases still tacky with wet paint.
    Alessandra Schade, Vogue, 7 June 2025

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“Unfashionable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unfashionable. Accessed 7 Jul. 2025.

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