unchic
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of unchic
Example Sentences
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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.
From New York Times ● Jul. 7, 2016
It's no longer a rite of Broadway stardom to be wonderfully, whimsically unchic, as Sunday night's glittering Tonys red carpet showed.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 8, 2015
For months, Hillary debated whether she should spend her entire vacation upstate and unchic to convince Empire State voters that she's no carpetbagger.
From Time Magazine Archive
He lives alone in a sixroom house in unchic Studio City with a swimming pool that, by Hollywood standards, is little more than a glorified bathtub.
From Time Magazine Archive
The desert-fox image holds little appeal for Cohan, who uses the vehicle as an updated substitute for the hopelessly unchic Country Squire station wagon.
From Time Magazine Archive
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