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 • 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

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

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

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

From Time Magazine Archive