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Recent Examples of unhip
Portofino Tower is an iconic, if a little unhip, South of Fifth luxury complex that’s long been home to Miami Beach’s swashbuckling finance types.
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Nate Freeman, Vanity Fair, 3 Apr. 2026
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, 28 May 2025
Being a conservative means being proudly unhip, yet few Americans — Bible-toters, teetotalers, or not — can resist the urge to be one of the Cool Kids.
—Armond White, National Review, 21 Feb. 2024
That’s a niche too small and too cool for my unhip existence.
—Lauren Joseph, Bon Appétit, 22 Nov. 2023
Marie Callender’s are proudly unhip, with a lot of wood, dark carpeting, antiques and old lamps.
—Los Angeles Times, 21 Dec. 2021
For many of today’s active grandparents — who feel anything but old and stodgy — the terms Grandma and Grandpa have the decidedly unhip whiff of talcum powder, blue hair rinse and dentures.
—Laurie Yarnell, Good Housekeeping, 27 Oct. 2020
Aloha Fridays were a fixture of a certain kind of workplace, and everyone—from Elvis to the decidedly unhip Richard Nixon—seemed to have an aloha shirt.
—Teddy Brokaw, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 Apr. 2020
Nate Freeman, Vanity Fair, 3 Apr. 2026
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, 28 May 2025
Being a conservative means being proudly unhip, yet few Americans — Bible-toters, teetotalers, or not — can resist the urge to be one of the Cool Kids.
—Armond White, National Review, 21 Feb. 2024
That’s a niche too small and too cool for my unhip existence.
—Lauren Joseph, Bon Appétit, 22 Nov. 2023
Marie Callender’s are proudly unhip, with a lot of wood, dark carpeting, antiques and old lamps.
—Los Angeles Times, 21 Dec. 2021
For many of today’s active grandparents — who feel anything but old and stodgy — the terms Grandma and Grandpa have the decidedly unhip whiff of talcum powder, blue hair rinse and dentures.
—Laurie Yarnell, Good Housekeeping, 27 Oct. 2020
Aloha Fridays were a fixture of a certain kind of workplace, and everyone—from Elvis to the decidedly unhip Richard Nixon—seemed to have an aloha shirt.
—Teddy Brokaw, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 Apr. 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unhip
uncool
Adjective
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But a barrage of Stop Sales riddled the contents of the uncool flip- top cooler with raw shrimp, cooked shrimp, egg rolls, tofu, raw beef and beef tendon all measuring at least 12 degrees above 41 degrees.—
David J. Neal,
Miami Herald,
17 Apr. 2026
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In interviews, the 26-year-old electro-pop artist and producer has referenced growing up as one of few Asian teenagers in Wichita, Kansas, and feeling perpetually nerdy and uncool.—
Lydia Wei,
Pitchfork,
13 Apr. 2026
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“Unhip.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unhip. Accessed 30 Apr. 2026.
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