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Antonyms for unfashionable


Grammar : Adj
Spell : fash-uh-nuh-buhl
Phonetic Transcription : ˈfæʃ ə nə bəl



Definition of unfashionable

Origin :
  • 1560s, "incapable of being shaped," from un- (1) "not" + fashionable. Meaning "not in accordance with prevailing fashion" is attested from 1640s. Related: Unfashionably.
  • adj out-of-style
  • adj not fashionable
Example sentences :
  • She sat back for a moment, and stared out at the unfashionable street.
  • Extract from : « Rope » by Holworthy Hall
  • The billiard-saloon was on the east side of the city, in an unfashionable locality.
  • Extract from : « The Telegraph Boy » by Horatio Alger, Jr.
  • To doing this, in a book, I have an unfashionable but unalterable objection.
  • Extract from : « A History of the French Novel, Vol. 2 » by George Saintsbury
  • The dress of to-day is unfashionable to-morrow, because every body wears it.
  • Extract from : « Practical Education, Volume II » by Maria Edgeworth
  • They have come, you see, at last, even to this unfashionable corner of the island.
  • Extract from : « The Lady of Lynn » by Walter Besant
  • She was neither shabby nor unfashionable; the fashion, too, expressed her, not itself.
  • Extract from : « The Rescue » by Anne Douglas Sedgwick
  • But adoration was in the air, and she had not sufficient originality to be unfashionable.
  • Extract from : « Regiment of Women » by Clemence Dane
  • Did you ever see such an unfashionable necktie in your life?
  • Extract from : « Twenty Years in Europe » by Samuel H. M. Byers
  • Indeed, for the matter of that, a good many of my opinions were unfashionable.
  • Extract from : « Dust » by Julian Hawthorne
  • It is unfashionable to look at them—even speculation is at an end.
  • Extract from : « The Writings of Thomas Paine, Vol. I » by Thomas Paine

Synonyms for unfashionable

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