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unfashionable

American  
[uhn-fash-uhn-uh-buhl] / ˌʌnˈfæʃ ən ə bəl /

adjective

  1. not fashionable or stylish; not conforming to current or popular standards.


unfashionable British  
/ ʌnˈfæʃənəbəl /

adjective

  1. not fashionable

    dull unfashionable clothes

    an unfashionable view

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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He doted on the music of Rachmaninoff when Rachmaninoff was unfashionable and on Steve Reich when Reich was found unfathomable.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 24, 2026

While that may be unfashionable in today’s world of prediction markets, cryptocurrencies, and highflying artificial-intelligence bets, Vanguard Wellington has long proven its mettle and is likely to keep doing so.

From Barron's Apr. 3, 2026

Such life-income annuities have been unfashionable for a long time.

From MarketWatch Mar. 24, 2026

It’s not just the idea of global jihad that became unfashionable over the past decade in the greater Middle East.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 3, 2026

“Let us,” Lincoln declared, “make it as unfashionable to withhold our names from the temperance pledge as for husbands to wear their wives’ bonnets to church.”

From "1919 The Year That Changed America" by Martin W. Sandler

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