unhip

[uhn-hip]

adjective Slang.

ill-informed about or unsympathetic to current fads or trends.

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Origin of unhip

First recorded in 1935–40; un-¹ + hip⁴

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Examples from the Web for unhip

Contemporary Examples

And the unhip multitudes it contains include Disney, Salinger, and Sylvia Plath.
What the Hell Is ‘Twee’? A Genre? A Mindset? An Art Form?
Scott Porch
June 23, 2014
Vineberg stood before the bench in a black winter coat with lettering on the back that mystified the unhip.
A Sax Player, Then a Suspect After Philip Seymour Hoffman’s Final Act
Michael Daly
February 7, 2014
This, however, did not always make up for my often feeling out of place, unhip, and unnoticed at the magazine where I worked.
White Girls, Big City: What HBO’s New Show Misses
Rebecca Carroll
April 20, 2012
The New New Goatee can be worn at home or at the office, by the hip and unhip alike, signifying, well, just about anything.
What Does a Goatee Say About You?
Bryan Curtis
November 12, 2009

British Dictionary definitions for unhip

unhip

adjective unhipper or unhippest

slang not at all fashionable or up to datemy terminally unhip parents

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