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unchic

[uhn-sheek]

adjective

  1. not chic; inelegant; passé.



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Word History and Origins

Origin of unchic1

First recorded in 1955–60; un- 1 + chic
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Example Sentences

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I’ve noticed in my limited research on polyamorous people that veto rules are rather unchic.

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Until recently it was an unchic place, with overcrowded public housing “schemes,” manufacturing and gasworks — an area that no tourist would visit during my student days.

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“It’s unchic to be chubby, the hell with my hubby, And one day I just might wear a belt.”

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It's no longer a rite of Broadway stardom to be wonderfully, whimsically unchic, as Sunday night's glittering Tonys red carpet showed.

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Internal hires in such districts are rare because they are so unchic, but I know one recent example.

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