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uncool

[uhn-kool]

adjective

Slang.
  1. not self-assured or relaxed.

    He felt very uncool, making a speech to strangers.

  2. not sophisticated or worldly-wise.



uncool

/ ʌˈː /

adjective

  1. unsophisticated; unfashionable

  2. excitable; tense; not cool

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of uncool1

1955–60; un- 1 + cool (in the slang senses “socially adept”)
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I had never been happier, but I still housed the fear that getting married was an uncool thing to do.

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I had never been happier, but I still housed the fear that getting married was too status quo, out of fashion, an uncool thing to do.

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Musk himself is the biggest crybaby of all, telling the Washington Post, "People were burning Teslas. Why would you do that? That’s really uncool."

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It is seen as childish, uncool, un... basketball.

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No one in attendance was sporting s**t-eating grins or rubbing their palms together malevolently, they just looked dopey and uncool.

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