unhip

American  

[uhn-hip] / ʌnˈhɪp /

adjective

Slang.

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

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unhip British  

/ ʌnˈhɪp /

adjective

1. slang not at all fashionable or up to date

   my terminally unhip parents

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Etymology

Origin of unhip

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

Example Sentences

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unhip

Game shows were once a mainstay of daytime broadcast television, the land of the unhip, but are much less common today.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 28, 2023

Some of the juiciest laughs come from Sonny’s interactions with the gnomic Knight, a showboating supporting role that Affleck embraces with a sly, vacant deadpan and tragically unhip styling.

From New York Times ● Apr. 4, 2023

They’re found only in the frozen food sections of unhip supermarkets such as Stater Bros. and Ralphs, stocked not in the ethnic food section but alongside legacy brands such as Farmer John and Hillshire Farm.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 23, 2019

It also, as always, attracted the hyper-ambitious, the types that Washington would come to know as hacks — the tragically unhip and overly eager former student government presidents.

From Washington Post ● May 4, 2018

Maybe that makes me uncool, unhip and undesirable, but I just don’t care anymore.

From Salon ● Mar. 23, 2015