as in inappropriate
marked by an obvious lack of style or good taste
an old and unfashionable jacket that someone had donated to charity
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Recent Examples of unfashionable
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.
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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
Iceland’s entry is radical in its unfashionable straightforwardness.
—Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Jan. 2025
Marino is an eclectic collector, often choosing unfashionable objects like cookie jars, or Renaissance and Baroque bronzes.
—Miles Socha, WWD, 5 Dec. 2024
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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
Iceland’s entry is radical in its unfashionable straightforwardness.
—Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Jan. 2025
Marino is an eclectic collector, often choosing unfashionable objects like cookie jars, or Renaissance and Baroque bronzes.
—Miles Socha, WWD, 5 Dec. 2024
See All Example Sentences for unfashionable
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unfashionable
Adjective
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Mia’s mom deletes the most inappropriate comments but leaves others, hoping to increase engagement.—
Stacey Steinberg,
Sun Sentinel,
25 Mar. 2025
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The potholed roads of the UK feel like an entirely inappropriate stage to test the capabilities of this stunning model though.—
Trinity Francis,
Forbes,
24 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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If the new wells prove unsuitable for city use, the city has a contingency plan designed for rehabilitation.—
Kyle Martin,
The Mercury News,
25 Mar. 2025
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Until now, scientists have generally thought that planets orbiting white dwarfs would be unsuitable for life because the dynamic temperature decrease of their dead parent star makes their atmospheres too unstable.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
19 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Do not sign an immigration form that includes incorrect information or blanks.—
Karen Garcia,
Los Angeles Times,
21 Mar. 2025
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In financial settings, an AI system might misinterpret a rule and automatically process an incorrect transaction.—
Keren Katz,
Forbes,
21 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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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
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Slippery soles, cold toes, and unstylish footwear should be avoided at all costs.—
Roxanne Adamiyatt,
Town & Country,
29 Dec. 2022
Adjective
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His interrogator conceded that the police must have gotten the wrong guy and released him within weeks.—
Gisela Salim-Peyer,
The Atlantic,
10 Apr. 2025
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And it’s been even harder for my daughter, Piper, who never did anything wrong.—
CT Jones,
Rolling Stone,
10 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Meanwhile, the cutout neckline and darted bodice prevent it from being dowdy.—
Elise Taylor,
Vogue,
21 Mar. 2025
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Jane and Kit stand on either side, looking dowdy in black dresses and veils (not really an Irish thing).—
Cullen Murphy,
airmail.news,
15 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Director Benedict Andrews has adapted the text with a heavy, though not inelegant, push toward contemporary British rhythms and mores, and the ensemble gets the street-clothes-with-a-nod-to-character treatment.—
Sara Holdren,
Vulture,
4 Apr. 2025
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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
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Perhaps that’s why people around the world have had the impulse to gnaw on tacky materials—roots, resins, twigs, blubber, tar made by burning birch bark—for at least 8,000 years.—
Hannah Seo,
The Atlantic,
29 Mar. 2025
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It’s gotten bad enough that on Tuesday, Donald Trump had his top advisor and megadonor show off Tesla models for a tacky photo-op in the White House driveway, where the president told Americans to support the company and pledged to buy a Model S himself.—
Miles Klee,
Rolling Stone,
12 Mar. 2025
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“Unfashionable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unfashionable. Accessed 17 Apr. 2025.
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