UNHIP Synonyms: 33 Similar and Opposite Words

unhip

adjective

Definition of unhip

as in uncool

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Recent Examples of unhip At the tail-end of the 20th century, that comparison meant that Cornelius, born Keigo Oyamada, made liberal use of samples, knew his way around a beat, and showed an affection for then-unhip or obscure corners of pop-music history. — Reed Jackson, SPIN, 19 Aug. 2026 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. — 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 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

So right about the time many tweenage daughters decide their dad is oh-so-uncool, Sabina and I became closer … because of cancer.

— Caleb Hellerman, CNN Money, 22 Aug. 2026
In Ketticè’s time frame, all the kids are still blithely using Facebook to message each other, update their status and bully one another, the platform having not yet become the domain of the old, cranky and terminally uncool.

— Leslie Felperin, HollywoodReporter, 17 Aug. 2026