un·fash·ion·a·ble

(ŭn-făsh′ə-nə-bəl)

adj.

1. Not in current fashion: unfashionable attire.

2. Not socially approved: an unfashionable part of town.

un·fash′ion·a·bly adv.

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unfashionable

(ʌnˈfæʃənəbəl)

adj

not fashionable: dull unfashionable clothes; an unfashionable view.

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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Adj.

unfashionable - not in accord with or not following current fashion; "unfashionable clothes"; "melodrama of a now unfashionable kind"

unstylish

old - of long duration; not new; "old tradition"; "old house"; "old wine"; "old country"; "old friendships"; "old money"

fashionable, stylish - being or in accordance with current social fashions; "fashionable clothing"; "the fashionable side of town"; "a fashionable cafe"

unfashionable

adjective passé, out of date, outmoded, out, square (informal), old-fashioned, dated, unpopular, obsolete, out of fashion, antiquated, old hat, behind the times, unhip (slang), out of the ark (informal) Wearing fur has become deeply unfashionable.
fashionable, stylish, trendy (Brit. informal), modern, popular, du jour (French), à la mode, culty, the new

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Translations

غَيْرُ مُنَاسِبٍ للِمُوضَة

nemoderní

umoderne

epämuodikas

nemoderan

divatjamúltódivatú

fuori moda

はやらない

유행에 뒤떨어진

niet modieus

umoderne

niemodny

fora da moda fora de moda

немодный

staromoden

omodern

ไม่ทันสมัย

modaya uymayan

không hợp thời trang

不流行的

unfashionable

[ˈʌnˈfæʃnəbl] ADJ → pasado de moda
it is now unfashionable to talk of → no está de moda ahora hablar de ...

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

unfashionable

[ˌʌnˈfæʃ^ənəb^əl] adj [clothes] → démodé(e); [district] → peu à la mode; [club, part of town] → peu à la mode; [ideas, attitudes, view] → peu à la mode

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

unfashionable

adj → unmodern; district → wenig gefragt; hotel, habit, subject → nicht in Mode; image → überholt; science became unfashionable → Naturwissenschaft geriet aus der Mode

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

unfashionable

[ʌnˈfæʃnəbl] adj (clothes) → fuori moda; (district) → non alla moda
these trousers are unfashionable → questi pantaloni sono fuori moda or non vanno più

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

unfashionable

→ غَيْرُ مُنَاسِبٍ للِمُوضَة nemoderní umoderne unmodern ντεμοντέ pasado de moda epämuodikas démodé nemoderan fuori moda はやらない 유행에 뒤떨어진 niet modieus umoderne niemodny fora da moda, fora de moda немодный omodern ไม่ทันสมัย modaya uymayan không hợp thời trang 不流行的

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He looked from one to the other, and seemed to take stock of Denham's unfashionable appearance.

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This resolution she accordingly executed; and the next morning before the sun, she huddled on her cloaths, and at a very unfashionable, unseasonable, unvisitable hour, went to Lady Bellaston, to whom she got access, without the least knowledge or suspicion of Sophia, who, though not asleep, lay at that time awake in her bed, with Honour snoring by her side.

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Here one has conventional worldly notions and habits without instruction and without polish, surely the most prosaic form of human life; proud respectability in a gig of unfashionable build; worldliness without side-dishes.

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The young ladies arrived: their appearance was by no means ungenteel or unfashionable. Their dress was very smart, their manners very civil, they were delighted with the house, and in raptures with the furniture, and they happened to be so doatingly fond of children that Lady Middleton's good opinion was engaged in their favour before they had been an hour at the Park.

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Later they learn that good sense and character make their own forms every moment, and speak or abstain, take wine or refuse it, stay or go, sit in a chair or sprawl with children on the floor, or stand on their head, or what else soever, in a new and aboriginal way; and that strong will is always in fashion, let who will be unfashionable. All that fashion demands is composure and self-content.

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