Unfashionable Meaning
/əˈnfæʃənəbəl/Definition, CEFR level B1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
adjNot fashionable.
adjThat cannot be fashioned; unshapely, distorted.
Sentence Examples
Decorated with blue and yellow stripes, the tie was very unfashionable.
People need to hear your perspective, however unfashionable it may be.
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CEFR Practice Quiz
She refused to wear the ____ dress because it had an outdated pattern.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
He chose to wear a very ____ hat, which made him stand out from all the other people at the party today.
Word Origin & History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English fashionable English unfashionable From un- + fashionable.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"The fashionable intelligence says so for the comfort of the Parisians, and it knows all fashionable things. To know things otherwise were to be unfashionable."
— 1852 March – 1853 September, Charles Dickens, chapter 2, in Bleak House, London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1853, →OCLC:
"I, that am rudely stamp'd, and want love's majesty
To strut before a wanton ambling nymph;
I, that am curtail'd of this fair proportion,
Cheated of feature by dissembling nature,
Deformed, unfinish'd, sent before my time
Into this breathing world, scarce half made up,
And that so lamely and unfashionable
That dogs bark at me as I halt by them ..."
— c. 1593 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedy of Richard the Third: […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act XI, (please specify the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals)]:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
She refused to wear the ____ dress because it had an outdated pattern.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
He chose to wear a very ____ hat, which made him stand out from all the other people at the party today.