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
Frisco hooded peacoat: $15.19 Dog coats don’t need to be unfashionable.
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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
In a squad enriched with European pedigree, Cash is one of the more unfashionable players, less flashy, more functional.
—Jacob Tanswell, The Athletic, 21 Nov. 2024
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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
In a squad enriched with European pedigree, Cash is one of the more unfashionable players, less flashy, more functional.
—Jacob Tanswell, The Athletic, 21 Nov. 2024
See All Example Sentences for unfashionable
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unfashionable
Adjective
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The app has a private messaging feature that can lead to inappropriate conversations with predators.—
Hannah Nwoko,
Parents,
21 Mar. 2025
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Cornelius said that the superintendent later informed her of other prior incidents including her son — who has autism and is nonverbal — getting a shower without her permission, getting called vulgar names by staff and teachers, and receiving other inappropriate comments.—
Lillie Davidson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
21 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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However, the land presented a challenge: its marshy terrain was unsuitable for planting.—
Nel-Olivia Waga,
Forbes,
10 Mar. 2025
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Moscow has for months been seeking to weaponize Ukraine's democratic freeze, with Putin and his allies framing Zelenskyy as illegitimate and therefore unsuitable to take part in peace talks.—
David Brennan,
ABC News,
24 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Hallucinations, on the other hand, occur when an AI system is asked to provide factual information or perform specific tasks but instead generates incorrect or misleading content while presenting it as accurate.—
Anna Choi,
The Conversation,
21 Mar. 2025
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Do not sign an immigration form that includes incorrect information or blanks.—
Karen Garcia,
Los Angeles Times,
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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The question of the night is the choice between selling out their souls to the vapid American tourists at the Tropicana nightclub (bad) or singing for their own people on the wrong side of the tracks (good).—
Chris Jones,
New York Daily News,
20 Mar. 2025
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Bias is a problem because AI learns from past data, and if that data has mistakes or unfair patterns, AI can repeat them, leading to wrong or unfair decisions.—
Dr. Diane Hamilton,
Forbes,
19 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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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
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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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For such an inelegant behavior to be in chatbots as widespread and popular as GPT is a blunt reminder of two larger, seemingly contrary phenomena.—
Jonathan L. Zittrain,
The Atlantic,
17 Dec. 2024
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The result has been a competition that has felt, at times, unwieldy and inelegant and exhausting.—
Sam Lee,
The Athletic,
12 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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The texture here is like a traditional cream; not overly rich, nor notably silky or tacky.—
Kiana Murden,
Vogue,
25 Mar. 2025
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For the handle, squeeze a drop of tacky glue onto each end of a 1-inch length of pipe cleaner and adhere it to one side of the box.—
Kimberly Stoney,
Parents,
19 Mar. 2025
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“Unfashionable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unfashionable. Accessed 30 Mar. 2025.
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