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un-cool
un·cool
/
ʌnˈkul
/
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[
uhn-
kool
]
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adjective
Slang.
1.
not self-assured or relaxed:
He felt very uncool, making a speech to strangers.
2.
not sophisticated or worldly-wise.
Origin:
1955–60;
un-
1
+
cool
(def 14)
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uncool
(ʌnˈkuːl)
—
adj
1.
unsophisticated; unfashionable
2.
excitable; tense; not cool
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
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Etymonline
Word Origin & History
uncool
1953, in hipster slang, from
un-
(1) "not" + slang sense of
cool
(adj.).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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uncool definition
mod.
square
;
dull and orthodox. :
This place is uncool. Let's cruise.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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