unhip

[ uhn-hip ]

adjective

, Slang.

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

unhip

/ ʌnˈhɪp /

adjective

1. slang.
   not at all fashionable or up to date

   my terminally unhip parents

Word History and Origins

Origin of unhip¹

First recorded in 1935–40; un- ¹ + hip ⁴

Example Sentences

And the unhip multitudes it contains include Disney, Salinger, and Sylvia Plath.

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Vineberg stood before the bench in a black winter coat with lettering on the back that mystified the unhip.

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Or, as internet indie darlings MGMT put it in their stubbornly unhip new single, "Your Life Is A Lie."

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This, however, did not always make up for my often feeling out of place, unhip, and unnoticed at the magazine where I worked.

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The New New Goatee can be worn at home or at the office, by the hip and unhip alike, signifying, well, just about anything.

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