unhip

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English

Etymology

From un- +‎ hip.

Adjective

unhip (comparative more unhip, superlative most unhip)

  1. Not hip; uncool, unfashionable.
    Synonyms: démodé, square, passé, unchic; see also Thesaurus:unfashionable
    • 1991, Douglas Coupland, “Define Normal”, in Generation X, New York: St. Martin's Press, →OCLC, page 133:
      Fifteen years ago, on what remains as possibly the most unhip day of my life, my entire family, all nine of us, went to have our group portrait taken at a local photo salon.

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