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unhip

unhip adjective: not hip; uncool, unfashionable.

Adjective

unhip (comparative more unhip, superlative most unhip)

  1. Not hip; uncool, unfashionable.
    • Fifteen years ago, on what remains as possibly the most unhip day of my life, my entire family, all nine of us, went to have our group portrait taken at a local photo salon.1991, Douglas Coupland, “Define Normal”, in Generation X, New York: St. Martin's Press, →OCLC, page 133

Synonyms of unhip

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Forms of unhip

comparativemore unhip
superlativemost unhip

Origin of unhip

From un- + hip.

Words formed from unhip

Questions about unhip

What does unhip mean?
Unhip means not hip; uncool, unfashionable.
What part of speech is unhip?
Unhip is an adjective.

Words near unhip in the dictionary

  1. unhinges
  2. unhinging
  3. unhingingly
  4. unhintable
  5. unhinted
  6. unhip
  7. unhiply
  8. unhipness
  9. unhipped
  10. unhippocratic
  11. unhirable

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