unc
/ʌŋk/
unc adjective: old; no longer versed in or relevant to current youth culture. Also the clipping of uncle.
Adjective (1)
unc (comparative more unc, superlative most unc)
- Old; no longer versed in or relevant to current youth culture.
- Millennials’ very existence has become so embarrassing to Gen Z-ers that they’ve coined a phrase for it: “millennial cringe.” […] We are now unc and frequently also washed.2025 December 22, Anna Silman, “This Is the Year Millennials Officially Got Old”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 23 Dec...
- Those qualities make it more accessible to a range of people who struggle to keep up in faster games while maintaining a skill range in other disciplines: timing, positioning, and perception. It's fairly easy to track targets, but you're still rewarded for nailing headshots, taking the high ground...2026 March 24, Morgan Park, “Marathon review”, in PC Gamer, archived from the original on 01 Apr 2026
Noun (1)
unc (plural uncs)
- An older male relative.
- Then Pangborn would find him and ask him what he thought he was doing here. He would ask if Ace had a job. He didn't, and he couldn't even claim he had come back to visit his unc, because Pop had been in his junkshop when the place burned down.1991, Stephen King, Needful Things
- Any older man, especially middle-aged.
- Yo, TikTok, we need to raise money for Unc.2024 March 11, Kyle Swenson, Amber Ferguson, “A TikToker raised $400K for an unhoused man. Then things got messy.”, in The Washington Post, archived from the original on 22 Mar 2024
- Now he’s [Hasan Piker] thirty-three—so old, in streamer years, that his fans call him “unc.”2025 March 17, Andrew Marantz, “The Battle for the Bros”, in The New Yorker, →ISSN, archived from the original on 18 Mar 2025
Noun (2)
unc (plural uncs)
- A phenotype of Caenorhabditis elegans that moves in an uncoordinated manner.
- The Bristol chromosome I was marked with mutations in two widely spaced genes, dpy-5 (e61 ) and unc-54 (el 90). A strain homozygous for these markers is dumpy and uncoordinated.1979, David Hirsh et al., Eucaryotic gene regulation
- The most intriging mutated gene is called an "unc" gene for uncoordinated. In this mutant, the modified gene is expressed as an alteration of the muscle tissue. The worm does not move in the typical nematode fashion. Insights concerning the modified mechanism in these "unc" worms may provide...1999, Aloi, Jane Elizabeth, Student study guide to accompany general zoology
Adjective (2) capitalized: UNC
UNC (not comparable)
- Abbreviation of uncirculated.
- all banknotes are in UNC condition except couple of them. those that are not in UNC condition are marked.2003 February 18, Holowey, “Need help in determining value”, in rec.collecting.paper-money (Usenet), archived from the original on 26 Jun 2026
Proper noun capitalized: UNC
UNC
- Initialism of Uniform Naming Convention, a syntax to describe the location of a network resource.
- \\BobsComputer\Shared\ColourLaser200 is the UNC path to Bob's printer.
- Initialism of University of North Carolina.
- Initialism of United Nations Command.
- Initialism of Unified Coarse (formerly an initialism of Unified National Coarse), a screw thread classification within the Unified Thread Standard.
Also used as
unc is also the clipping of uncle.
unc meaning in Hindi, Marathi, Telugu and Malayalam
unc in Hindi
- यू. एन. सी
unc in Marathi
- यू. एन. सी, यु. एन. सी
unc in Telugu
- యు. ఎన్. సి
unc in Malayalam
- യു. എൻ. സി
More languagesFewer languages
- unc in Kannada
- ಯು. ಎನ್. ಸಿ
- unc in Punjabi
- ਯੂ. ਐੱਨ. ਸੀ
- unc in Gujarati
- યુએનસી, યુએન. સી
- unc in Odia
- ଯ଼ୁ. ଏନ୍. ସି
- unc in Nepali
- युएनसी, युएनसि
Examples of unc in a sentence
- You decide, but as a freshly minted literal uncle, it does speak to me.2026 March 24, Morgan Park, “Marathon review”, in PC Gamer, archived from the original on 01 Apr 2026:
- It didn’t take me long to discover that “unc” (short for uncle) is the latest semi-disparaging gen Z name for anyone over about 30.[2026 April 15, Keza MacDonald, The Guardian, archived from the original on 17 Apr 2026:
- The most intriging mutated gene is called an "unc" gene for uncoordinated.1999, Aloi, Jane Elizabeth, Student study guide to accompany general zoology:
- Unc animals do not move in the normal sinusoidal pattern of wildtype animals.2006, Caldwell, Guy A, Integrated genomics : a discovery-based laboratory course, page 207:
Synonyms of unc
Forms of unc
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more unc |
| superlative | most unc |
| alternative form | unk |
| Noun | |
| plural | uncs |
Origin of unc
Clipping of uncle.
Clipping of uncoordinated.
Words formed from unc
Words that rhyme with unc
Questions about unc
- What does unc mean?
- Unc means old; no longer versed in or relevant to current youth culture.
- What is unc in Hindi?
- Unc in Hindi is यू. एन. सी. See Unc meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use unc in a sentence?
- You decide, but as a freshly minted literal uncle, it does speak to me.
- What part of speech is unc?
- Unc can be an adjective, a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce unc?
- Unc is pronounced /ʌŋk/.
Words near unc in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: unc (page history and authors); UNC (page history and authors); unc (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); unc (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); unc (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); unc (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); unc (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); unc (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); unc (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); unc (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); unc (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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