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

Not to mention a heartbreak playlist unhip enough to reach back and tap Bonnie Raitt and Neil Young for vibes.

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

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

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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.

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In 1969, in Washington, he observed a White House briefing on the use of psychedelic drugs by American youth, complete with an achingly unhip film used by the Pentagon for training recruits.

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