unchic

American  

[uhn-sheek] / ʌnˈʃik /

adjective

1. not chic; inelegant; passé.

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Etymology

Origin of unchic

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

Example Sentences

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

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

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

From Washington Post

And although our luggage was unchic battered canvas, we were treated like royalty from start to finish, breathing in the pleasing rose air throughout.

From New York Times

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