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unchic

American  
[uhn-sheek] / ʌnˈʃik /

adjective

  1. not chic; inelegant; passé.


Etymology

Origin of unchic

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

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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

But as she sits in a New York restaurant, dressed in black and adjusting her tortoiseshell glasses, she says she often feels unchic around her friends.

From Time Magazine Archive

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

But old-fashioned narrative connection, unchic though it may be, is not to be sneezed at.

From Time Magazine Archive

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