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un⋅cool

  [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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un·cool   (ŭn-kōōl')   
adj.   Slang

  1. Lacking assurance, self-control, or sophistication.

  2. Not in accord with the standards or mores of a specified group: "trying to teach children simply to reject drugs as uncool" (Larry Martz).

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Slang Dictionary
uncool

  1. 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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Word Origin & History

uncool 
1953, in hipster slang, from un- (1) "not" + slang sense of cool (adj.).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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