unchic

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Recent Examples of unchic Emily Ratajkowski Makes the Case for Techy Earphones Tech accessories are often very unchic. Vogue, 3 Oct. 2019 Under other circumstances, this hour might have seemed unchic, even geriatric, but these were unusual circumstances indeed. Lesley M.m. Blume, Town & Country, 15 July 2016
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unchic
Adjective
  • The movie takes its title for the unfashionable floater of a nearly unhittable pitch, long, high and vexing.
    Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune, 20 Mar. 2025
  • King-Hammond suggested yet another factor: his focus on people, and not formalist ideas, was unfashionable in the eyes of art history’s shapers.
    Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 25 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • There was a really a deep distinction between prestige food writing and home cooking, which was very gendered and uncool.
    Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 29 Mar. 2025
  • The human being, the original subject of art that had concerned painters since time immemorial, was suddenly, somehow, uncool.
    Mark Guiducci, Vogue, 17 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Not least the outmoded idea that Republicans, when in power, shouldn’t use every available lever to implement their agenda.
    Varad Mehta, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 7 Mar. 2025
  • The 2021 bipartisan infrastructure law allocated $1 billion in funding to municipal gas utilities to fund the replacement and upgrading of their outmoded infrastructure.
    Dawn White, Baltimore Sun, 2 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • At levels of $30, LUV stock is unattractive based on its financials, and the recent announcement does little to change that.
    Trefis Team, Forbes, 12 Mar. 2025
  • That infamously unattractive appearance led to the blobfish being declared the world’s ugliest animal as the mascot of the Ugly Animal Preservation Society.
    Amanda Kooser, Forbes, 19 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Unexpectedly, a character who seemed to be a stock figure — the dowdy matron, clucking over the girls in her charge — emerges as someone much richer and better, raising the show along with her.
    Jesse Green, New York Times, 20 Mar. 2025
  • Memorably dowdy fashion notwithstanding, the juicy role — part Nurse Ratched, part Jack Torrance — launched Bates into the Hollywood ether following years of false starts.
    EW Staff, EW.com, 2 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • The piece is an antique that wasn't fashionable for many decades, but many jewels once considered fussy or unstylish have now been embraced again.
    Stephanie Petit, Peoplemag, 8 Dec. 2023
  • Slippery soles, cold toes, and unstylish footwear should be avoided at all costs.
    Roxanne Adamiyatt, Town & Country, 29 Dec. 2022
Adjective
  • After lobbying for more LGBTQ+ representation on the reality competition show in his capacity as a producer, this season’s set of winners included two out contestants.
    James Factora, Them., 28 Mar. 2025
  • The many out buildings include ’The Marsh House’, a working greenhouse and plenty of out buildings.
    TJ Macias, Miami Herald, 21 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • There were a lot of memorable performances and moments for the Blue Jackets, who bounced back quickly after having their seven-game point streak snapped in a rather unbecoming outing Monday against the New York Islanders.
    Aaron Portzline, The Athletic, 22 Jan. 2025
  • There is no denying that Donald Trump has engaged in behavior that is unacceptable and unbecoming of any leader — let alone a president of the United States.
    Maggie Astor, BostonGlobe.com, 18 Sep. 2023

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“Unchic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unchic. Accessed 15 Apr. 2025.

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