1
: lacking in assurance, sophistication, or self-control
2
: failing to accord with the values or styles (as of dress or behavior) of a particular group : not accepted or admired as cool or proper
driving an uncool car
an uncool remark
Examples of uncool in a Sentence
Her parents' car is totally uncool.
It's uncool to lie to your friends.
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Third-wave feminism and its attendant media turned dieting (or at least talking about it) into something archaic and deeply uncool.
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Ellen Cushing, The Atlantic, 25 June 2025
After over a decade of being relegated as yet another bygone trend of the aughts, the decidedly uncool shoes were unironically hotter than ever.
—Bill Rokos, Forbes.com, 24 June 2025
The reality has been a parade of expensive — or worse, deeply uncool — disappointments.
—Jackie Snow, Quartz, 22 May 2025
Using a fresh term lends an optimistic gloss, seeming to rescue motherhood from the cultural forces that have rendered past generations of mothers uncool, infantile, and generally unfit for public life.
—Amanda Hess, Vogue, 8 May 2025
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Ellen Cushing, The Atlantic, 25 June 2025
After over a decade of being relegated as yet another bygone trend of the aughts, the decidedly uncool shoes were unironically hotter than ever.
—Bill Rokos, Forbes.com, 24 June 2025
The reality has been a parade of expensive — or worse, deeply uncool — disappointments.
—Jackie Snow, Quartz, 22 May 2025
Using a fresh term lends an optimistic gloss, seeming to rescue motherhood from the cultural forces that have rendered past generations of mothers uncool, infantile, and generally unfit for public life.
—Amanda Hess, Vogue, 8 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for uncool
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“Uncool.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/uncool. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.
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