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

Meanwhile, we’re over here in Seattle looking like we’re roadies for Pavement making this very unhip, but very earnest music.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 26, 2023

Marie Callender’s are proudly unhip, with a lot of wood, dark carpeting, antiques and old lamps.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 21, 2021

And yet Ghost is nothing if not absolutely earnest and resolutely unhip, to the point where the “A Jerry Zucker Film” credit still merits a double take.

From The Guardian • Jul. 13, 2020

Johnny, as he was known, was born in Nazi-occupied Paris on June 15, 1943, with the decidedly unhip name of Jean-Philippe Leo Smet.

From Washington Post • Dec. 6, 2017

As I watched Nawaz bask in the applause of his most earnest admirers and glanced back at the walls adorned with such unbearably unhip art, the enormity of his task pressed itself upon me.

From New York Times • Mar. 28, 2017