"uncool" meaning in English

See uncool in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ʌnˈkuːl/, /ʊnˈkuːl/ [Ireland, Northern-England], /ʌnˈkʉl/ [Northern-Ireland, Scotland] Audio: En-au-uncool.ogg Forms: uncooler [comparative], more uncool [comparative], uncoolest [superlative], most uncool [superlative]
Rhymes: -uːl Etymology: From un- + cool. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|un|cool}} un- + cool Head templates: {{en-adj|er|more}} uncool (comparative uncooler or more uncool, superlative uncoolest or most uncool)
  1. (slang) Not in accord with the current fashion, standards, or mores of a particular group; not cool. Tags: slang Translations (not cool): malmojosa (Esperanto), ბანძი (banʒi) (Georgian), uncool (German), berstig (German), ungeil (German), nasol (Romanian), отсто́й (otstój) (Russian), nesympatický (Slovak)
    Sense id: en-uncool-en-adj-mClGUGty Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with un-, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Georgian translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Slovak translations Synonyms: banal, beat [slang], blah, bland, boring, cold [obsolete], colourless, drab, dreich [Midlands, North, Northern-England, Northern-Ireland, Scotland], drowsy, dull, dull as dishwater, flat, ho-hum, humdrum, insipid, lackluster, lame, languid, lifeless, longsome [UK, dialectal], monotonous, mundane, no fun at parties, plain, plodding, prosaic, prosy, pedantic, pedestrian, static, straightforward, snoozeworthy, soporific, tedious, uncool, wan, weaksauce [informal], wooden, uninteresting, stodgy, vapid, vanilla, basic, cheugy, cringe, cringey, cringeworthy, dated, démodé, fossilized, inelegant, last year, normie, old, old-fashioned, old-hat, oldfangled, ossified, out, out of date [idiomatic], out of fashion, out of touch, outdated, outmoded, passé, rinky-dink [US, informal], tacky, unchic, uncool, unfashionable, unhip, unpopular, unstylish, untrendy, abject, base, beggarly, blameworthy, carrion [figuratively], cheap, contemptible, cringing, dedecorous, degraded, deridable, derisible, despicable, despisable, dirty, discreditable, disdainable, disgraceful, dishonorable, disreputable, execrable, groveling, ignoble, ignominious, inglorious, lame, laughable, loathsome, ludicrous, low, mean, mean-spirited, miserable, obscene, outrageous, pitiable, pitiful, plebeian, putid, reprehensible, reptile, reptilian, reptitious [obsolete], ridiculous, risible, roynish, scald [obsolete], scornworthy, scummy, scurvy, shabby, shameful, sleazy, slavish, slimy, sordid, sorry, trashy, ugly, uncommendable, uncool, unmentionable, unwashed, unsophisticated, unworthy, vile, vulgar, weak, worthless, wretched, atrabiliary, atrabilious, deplorable, depressing, distressing, grievous, miserable [obsolete], lamentable, lachrymable [archaic], mournful, pathetic, pathetisad [rare], pitiable, pitiful, pitisome, regrettable, rueful, sad, saddening, sorrowful, tragic, unhappy, upsetting, woebegone, woeful

Inflected forms

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          "source": "Thesaurus:despicable",
          "word": "unsophisticated"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:despicable",
          "word": "unworthy"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:despicable",
          "word": "vile"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:despicable",
          "word": "vulgar"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:despicable",
          "word": "weak"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:despicable",
          "word": "worthless"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:despicable",
          "word": "wretched"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:lamentable",
          "word": "atrabiliary"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:lamentable",
          "word": "atrabilious"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:lamentable",
          "word": "deplorable"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:lamentable",
          "word": "depressing"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:lamentable",
          "word": "distressing"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:lamentable",
          "word": "grievous"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:lamentable",
          "tags": [
            "obsolete"
          ],
          "word": "miserable"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:lamentable",
          "word": "lamentable"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:lamentable",
          "tags": [
            "archaic"
          ],
          "word": "lachrymable"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:lamentable",
          "word": "mournful"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:lamentable",
          "word": "pathetic"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:lamentable",
          "tags": [
            "rare"
          ],
          "word": "pathetisad"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:lamentable",
          "word": "pitiable"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:lamentable",
          "word": "pitiful"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:lamentable",
          "word": "pitisome"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:lamentable",
          "word": "regrettable"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:lamentable",
          "word": "rueful"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:lamentable",
          "word": "sad"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:lamentable",
          "word": "saddening"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:lamentable",
          "word": "sorrowful"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:lamentable",
          "word": "tragic"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:lamentable",
          "word": "unhappy"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:lamentable",
          "word": "upsetting"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:lamentable",
          "word": "woebegone"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:lamentable",
          "word": "woeful"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "slang"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ʌnˈkuːl/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "En-au-uncool.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/b/b8/En-au-uncool.ogg/En-au-uncool.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b8/En-au-uncool.ogg"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʊnˈkuːl/",
      "tags": [
        "Ireland",
        "Northern-England"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʌnˈkʉl/",
      "tags": [
        "Northern-Ireland",
        "Scotland"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-uːl"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "not cool",
      "word": "malmojosa"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "banʒi",
      "sense": "not cool",
      "word": "ბანძი"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "not cool",
      "word": "uncool"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "not cool",
      "word": "berstig"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "not cool",
      "word": "ungeil"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "not cool",
      "word": "nasol"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "otstój",
      "sense": "not cool",
      "word": "отсто́й"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "not cool",
      "word": "nesympatický"
    }
  ],
  "word": "uncool"
}

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