unfashionable
adjective
un·fash·ion·able
ˌən-ˈfa-sh(ə-)nə-bəl 
1
: not in keeping with the current fashion
unfashionable clothes
2
: not favored socially
unfashionable neighborhoods
Examples of unfashionable in a Sentence
an old and unfashionable jacket that someone had donated to charity
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After Frost’s retirement in 2001, with conglomerates having become deeply unfashionable, other parts of the company were sold and Hays became a focused staffing and recruitment business.
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Ian King, CNBC, 8 Oct. 2025
Whatever Gentiles might have thought in private, the Nazis had made overt antisemitism unfashionable, even odious.
—Ian Buruma, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025
Two hippie kids lost in L.A., doing an unfashionable folk-rock flower-child record.
—Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 17 Sep. 2025
Google was an early entrant in 2013 with Google Glass, although that device was unpopular with consumers because of its high price, unfashionable look, limited functionality and short battery life.
—Lisa Eadicicco, CNN Money, 15 Sep. 2025
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Ian King, CNBC, 8 Oct. 2025
Whatever Gentiles might have thought in private, the Nazis had made overt antisemitism unfashionable, even odious.
—Ian Buruma, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025
Two hippie kids lost in L.A., doing an unfashionable folk-rock flower-child record.
—Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 17 Sep. 2025
Google was an early entrant in 2013 with Google Glass, although that device was unpopular with consumers because of its high price, unfashionable look, limited functionality and short battery life.
—Lisa Eadicicco, CNN Money, 15 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for unfashionable
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“Unfashionable.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unfashionable. Accessed 4 Nov. 2025.
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