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unfashionableun‧fash‧ion‧a‧ble /ʌnˈfæʃənəbəl/ ●●○ adjective   - It's unfashionable these days to say you want to get married and give up your job, isn't it?
- She lives in an unfashionable part of West London.
- Smoking has become very unfashionable in the last ten years.
- Smoking has become very unfashionable.
- Socialism became unfashionable after the collapse of the Berlin Wall.
- But production stopped in the Eighties when they became unfashionable.
- Comparative anatomy, however, is an unfashionable science in the West today.
- He became an expert on Ash in Ash's most unfashionable days.
- She told him she lived in the unfashionable district of Harlesden in north-west London.
- There would be hordes of mourners in very unfashionable black.
- Whoever placed her feet, in their unfashionable lace-up shoes, left one askew, giving her a knock-kneed appearance.
► unfashionable not popular or fashionable at the present time – used especially about people’s ideas, beliefs, and way of life: · They lived in an unfashionable part of London.· Marriage has become unfashionable in some countries. ► out of fashion no longer fashionable – used especially about clothes, styles, and behaviour: · Miniskirts have been in and out of fashion over the years.· Leather jackets had never fallen out of fashion (=become unfashionable).· He used to be a smoker until smoking went out of fashion. ► dated used for describing things which were fashionable and modern at one time but are starting to look unfashionable or old now: · The hotel needs to improve its dated interior.· The show seems dated now. ► passé no longer fashionable – used especially about ways of doing and thinking about things. A rather formal use: · The musicals and light comedies for which she was known have become passé.· Some of his ideas about food are a bit passé. ► something is so last year informal used when saying that something is now very unfashionable – a very informal use: · Blogging is already starting to feel so last year.· The resort is overcrowded and so last year. not fashionable► out of fashion no longer fashionable - use this especially about clothes and music: · It seems like all the clothes I buy are out of fashion by the time I wear them.go/fall out of fashion: · Rock'n'Roll began in the fifties and has never really gone out of fashion. ► go out especially British to stop being fashionable: · Jogging went out when it was found to be harmful for the joints.· I can't believe you're wearing those shoes -- they went out years ago! ► unfashionable not fashionable - use this especially about people's ideas, beliefs, and way of life: · She lives in an unfashionable part of West London.· Socialism became unfashionable after the collapse of the Berlin Wall. ► uncool spoken informal not fashionable, interesting, or attractive - used especially by young people: · a really uncool place for a holidayit's uncool to do something: · Nowadays it's considered very uncool to wear fur. ► date to gradually become unfashionable, and be replaced with more modern styles, methods, ideas etc: · The trouble with high fashion clothes is that they date very quickly.· Certain styles of music will never date, and will always be popular. opinions/methods/systems► old-fashioned old-fashioned opinions and ways of living were common in the past, but are not the way most people think and behave now: · In those days, people believed that divorce was morally wrong, but this now seems very old-fashioned.· He has some very old-fashioned ideas about women. ► outdated outdated opinions, methods, or systems are not suitable for modern times and need to be changed and made more modern: · Outdated laws and regulations are failing to keep crime on the Internet in check.· Outdated textbooks, decrepit buildings, overcrowded classrooms - the list of problems is long and growing.· The image of the civil service as a male, middle class bastion is now outdated. ► outmoded: outmoded belief/attitude/way of thinking etc a way of thinking that was once popular but is not useful or suitable anymore: · The views of many of the senior professors reflect outmoded concepts and ideas.· The government's outmoded attitudes are dragging the whole country back into the nineteenth century. ► traditional traditional opinions, methods, or customs have existed for a long time, and have not been changed or affected by modern ideas: · The local people still use traditional farming methods which have been used for hundreds of years.· the traditional idea that a woman's place is in the home· Tom went to a very traditional boys' school. ► unfashionable a belief or attitude that is unfashionable is no longer fashionable or popular: · Smoking has become very unfashionable in the last ten years.it is unfashionable to do something: · It's unfashionable these days to say you want to get married and give up your job, isn't it? nounfashionadjectivefashionable ≠ unfashionableverbfashionadverbfashionably ≠ unfashionably not popular or fashionable at the present time:  unfashionable clothes► see thesaurus at old-fashionedTHESAURUSunfashionable not popular or fashionable at the present time – used especially about people’s ideas, beliefs, and way of life: · They lived in an unfashionable part of London.· Marriage has become unfashionable in some countries.out of fashion no longer fashionable – used especially about clothes, styles, and behaviour: · Miniskirts have been in and out of fashion over the years.· Leather jackets had never fallen out of fashion (=become unfashionable).· He used to be a smoker until smoking went out of fashion.dated used for describing things which were fashionable and modern at one time but are starting to look unfashionable or old now: · The hotel needs to improve its dated interior.· The show seems dated now.passé no longer fashionable – used especially about ways of doing and thinking about things. A rather formal use: · The musicals and light comedies for which she was known have become passé.· Some of his ideas about food are a bit passé.something is so last year informal used when saying that something is now very unfashionable – a very informal use: · Blogging is already starting to feel so last year.· The resort is overcrowded and so last year. |