unfashionably
Americanadverb
Example Sentences
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The initiative has unsurprisingly been opposed by the tobacco industry, but also by the government, which has maintained unfashionably friendly relationships with tobacco companies that have set up regional and even global headquarters in Switzerland.
From New York Times ● Feb. 11, 2022
It came unfashionably late — the end of Day 4 — and from an unlikely source: the women’s discus throw.
From Fox News ● Aug. 2, 2021
“It’s a contribution to an important cause and to another form of community,” she says, meaning the nerdy and unfashionably courteous Old Weather Forum, an online chat room that many volunteers speak of with affection.
From Reuters ● Dec. 11, 2019
In a future rife with global misinformation and vested interests, an unfashionably timed parallel-track session at a professional conference might represent one viable channel.
From Nature ● Nov. 5, 2019
A strong alpaca umbrella, unfashionably corpulent, was his constant companion.
From The Argosy Vol. 51, No. 5, May, 1891 by Charles W. Wood
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