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uncool

[ uhn-kool ]

/ ʌnˈkul /

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adjective Slang.

not self-assured or relaxed: He felt very uncool, making a speech to strangers.

not sophisticated or worldly-wise.

Origin of uncool

1955–60; un-¹ + cool (in the slang senses “socially adept”)

Words nearby uncool

unconventionality, unconverted, unconvinced, unconvincing, uncooked, uncool, uncoordinated, uncork, uncorrect, uncorrected, uncorroborated

Example sentences from the Web for uncool

Her response was a “very un-macho, uncool, and unexciting one,” according to Albertine.

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Then I think also hipster culture and stuff like that has made it labeled as “uncool.”

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His silence was “uncool and unprofessional,” as Dr. Tanning put it.

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For the last few decades, fantasy has been considered an “uncool” genre—perhaps the uncoolest of all.

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The first is that not liking something because other people do like it is about as uncool as it gets.

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British Dictionary definitions for uncool

uncool

/ (ʌnˈkuːl) /

adjective slang

unsophisticated; unfashionable

excitable; tense; not cool