uncool

English

Etymology

From un- + cool.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʌnˈkuːl/

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• (Northern England, Ireland) IPA^(key): /ʊnˈkuːl/
• (Scotland, Northern Ireland) IPA^(key): /ʌnˈkʉl/
• Rhymes: -uːl

Adjective

uncool (comparative uncooler or more uncool, superlative uncoolest or most uncool)

1. (slang, originally African-American Vernacular) Not in accord with the current fashion, standards, or mores of a particular group; not cool.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:boring, Thesaurus:unfashionable, Thesaurus:despicable, Thesaurus:lamentable

   Antonyms: cool; see also Thesaurus:excellent, Thesaurus:awesome, Thesaurus:wonderful

   • 1970, Kevin Mackey, The Cure: Recollections of an Addict, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, published 1972, page 122:

     It's not the coolest pad in Melbourne. Your presence is enough to make it more than a little uncool.

   • 1979, Jello Biafra, John Greenway, “California Über Alles”, performed by Dead Kennedys:

     Now it is nineteen eighty-four / Knock-knock at your front door / It's the suede denim secret police / They have come for your uncool niece

Derived terms

• uncoolly
• uncoolness

Translations

not cool

• Esperanto: malmojosa
• Georgian: ბანძი (banʒi)
• German: uncool (de), berstig (de), ungeil
• Romanian: nasol (ro)
• Russian: отсто́й (ru) (otstój)
• Slovak: nesympatický

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