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unchic

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Recent Examples of unchic Emily Ratajkowski Makes the Case for Techy Earphones Tech accessories are often very unchic. Vogue, 3 Oct. 2019 Under other circumstances, this hour might have seemed unchic, even geriatric, but these were unusual circumstances indeed. Lesley M.m. Blume, Town & Country, 15 July 2016
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unchic
Adjective
  • Here’s a rapid-fire update on each stock in the portfolio, starting with seven currently unfashionable names that Jim says should soon be back in style.
    Paulina Likos,Morgan Chittum, CNBC, 12 Dec. 2025
  • Even the bearded Texas blues buzzards in ZZ Top, the most proudly unfashionable band around, became unlikely teen idols, just by embracing the absurdity of it all, with their white-fur guitars, and gender parody.
    Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 16 Nov. 2025
Adjective
  • The sort of uncool even someone very uncool like me would have known enough to conceal—me who wore khakis and played oboe and had braces and yes for a phase had basically no friends.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 18 Dec. 2025
  • After an uncool beatdown at the hands of heel faction The Judgment Day, Cena, Sheamus and Rey Mysterio took Finn Bálor, Dominik Mysterio (Rey’s son and the man Cena defeated for the title) and JD McDonagh on in an official, sanctioned capacity.
    Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 18 Nov. 2025
Adjective
  • Oil is a 20th century energy source, outmoded and responsible for sickening and killing millions of people with the potential to kill millions more.
    Voice of the People, New York Daily News, 11 Jan. 2026
  • Namely, what many scholars took to be the fundamentals of the discipline were not empirical constants at all, but the fleeting patterns of an outmoded ideological regime.
    Jason Blakely, Harpers Magazine, 30 Dec. 2025
Adjective
  • Accelerating the vicious cycle, businesses, aware that the state is unattractive to families, are then further incentivized to either leave or not expand their business to California.
    Wayne Winegarden, Oc Register, 4 Jan. 2026
  • For instance, there’s a difference between wanting a bikini wax so that body hair doesn’t show during swim team meets, and wanting one because hairless models on Instagram convinced them their pubic hair is unattractive.
    Liz Regalia, Parents, 27 Dec. 2025
Adjective
  • World-renowned for its cashmere, buttery leather, and tailored wool, Italian winter fashion leaves no room for dowdy sweatpants and sweatshirts.
    Nneya Richards, Travel + Leisure, 22 Nov. 2025
  • But something about the work’s improbable balancing act—the small dowdy base exerting enough gravity to keep the rest airborne—breathes energy into the air around it.
    Susan Tallman, New Yorker, 23 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • But while practical, it’s understated enough for everyday wear without making your outfits look frumpy or unstylish.
    Merrell Readman, Travel + Leisure, 3 Dec. 2025
  • Only this time, Trump’s ambush was far more clearly choreographed, and thus somewhat less unstylish.
    Jonny Steinberg, Time, 22 May 2025
Adjective
  • The resort has teamed up with local partners like Pieces of 8 boat tours to offer guests day trips to the Bahamas' out islands of Exuma and Eleuthera– where visitors can swim with pigs or feed iguanas in their natural habitat.
    Kristin Braswell, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Jan. 2026
  • Best interception Cornerback Kani Walker saw a quick out route late in the first half against Auburn and jumped a pass from Jackson Arnold, his former teammate at Auburn, for an interception at the Arkansas 11 with the Hogs ahead by four points.
    Tom Murphy, Arkansas Online, 31 Dec. 2025
Adjective
  • Yet Hiller’s latest equivocating mea culpa, with the now-familiar language of hardship and defeatism so unbecoming of a professional hockey team, rang unconvincing.
    Andrew Knoll, Daily News, 13 Jan. 2026
  • Even so, David’s push for recognition struck some in the industry as unbecoming.
    Reeves Wiedeman, Vulture, 12 Jan. 2026

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“Unchic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unchic. Accessed 20 Jan. 2026.

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