as in inappropriate
marked by an obvious lack of style or good taste
an old and unfashionable jacket that someone had donated to charity
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Recent Examples of unfashionable
King-Hammond suggested yet another factor: his focus on people, and not formalist ideas, was unfashionable in the eyes of art history’s shapers.
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Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 25 Feb. 2025
But here’s the thing: these seemingly unfashionable socks are more than just a snug and stretchy medical necessity.
—Sandra Rose Salathe, Flow Space, 30 Jan. 2025
It's never really been unfashionable to wear a bow in your hair; it's just been extra-super-trendy for the last year or two.
—Marci Robin, Allure, 13 Feb. 2025
There were also dozens more Baroque paintings, many dating to the seventeenth century and acquired in the nineteen-eighties and nineties, when such works were unfashionable.
—Rebecca Mead, The New Yorker, 22 July 2024
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Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 25 Feb. 2025
But here’s the thing: these seemingly unfashionable socks are more than just a snug and stretchy medical necessity.
—Sandra Rose Salathe, Flow Space, 30 Jan. 2025
It's never really been unfashionable to wear a bow in your hair; it's just been extra-super-trendy for the last year or two.
—Marci Robin, Allure, 13 Feb. 2025
There were also dozens more Baroque paintings, many dating to the seventeenth century and acquired in the nineteen-eighties and nineties, when such works were unfashionable.
—Rebecca Mead, The New Yorker, 22 July 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unfashionable
Adjective
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Once the encounter was posted online, internet sleuths quickly detected the identity of the duo, and the encounter was deemed particularly inappropriate given Byron is married.—
Kim Elsesser,
Forbes.com,
21 July 2025
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Schneider has denied allegations of inappropriate behavior and toxicity on set.—
Shania Russell,
EW.com,
20 July 2025
Adjective
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Intermittent fasting, for example, may be unsuitable for people with pre-existing conditions or irritable bowel syndrome.—
Desireé Oostland,
Vogue,
17 July 2025
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While effective in commercial spheres, this approach to AI, which often involves a disregard for data privacy, is viewed as unsuitable for Washington.—
Dean DeBiase,
Forbes.com,
14 July 2025
Adjective
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Andy Byron has not put out any statement; reports saying otherwise are all incorrect.—
James Bickerton,
MSNBC Newsweek,
19 July 2025
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One company statement referenced the video and stories related to it by pointing out incorrect information.—
Michael Loria,
USA Today,
19 July 2025
Adjective
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Hoka Women’s Kaha 2 GTX Waterproof Hiking Boots Hiking boots don’t need to be frumpy and unstylish—just look at this adorable pair that’s now up to 59 percent off just in time for the Fourth of July.—
Merrell Readman,
Travel + Leisure,
5 July 2025
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Only this time, Trump’s ambush was far more clearly choreographed, and thus somewhat less unstylish.—
Jonny Steinberg,
Time,
22 May 2025
Adjective
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There is nothing wrong with having adapted in this way.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
15 July 2025
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For instance, Putignano says there’s nothing wrong with expecting a teen to clean their room, just as your parents expected of you.—
Beth Ann Mayer,
Parents,
15 July 2025
Adjective
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The dowdy and shy Ursula is diabetic and has lost her eyesight in one eye.—
Michelle F. Solomon,
Miami Herald,
15 May 2025
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Machi plays a dowdy tax inspector closing in on a Shakira-style Latina singer for tax fraud.—
Marta Balaga,
Variety,
15 May 2025
Adjective
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They are dumped via place card under a domed dinner-plate cover, which is an inelegant way to go even for Love Island USA.—
Kathleen Walsh,
Vulture,
14 July 2025
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Their ingenious creation — an unlikely combination of spacesuit parts, duct tape, and the suddenly obsolete mission plan — encapsulates the film in an inelegant nutshell.—
Richard Edwards,
Space.com,
30 June 2025
Adjective
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Its speed, curves, and pizzazz, without being tacky, were so different from anything else on the water that the first hull was sold outside Italy, reportedly to a former New York governor who kept the Italian stallion incognito, outside the view of tax-payers.—
Julia Zaltzman,
Robb Report,
23 July 2025
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The show was shamelessly tacky, which was perhaps some of the appeal as well, which has only gotten more pronounced with her subsequent efforts.—
Nina Metz,
Chicago Tribune,
23 July 2025
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“Unfashionable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unfashionable. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.
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