unstylish

/ˈʌnˌstaɪlɪʃ/
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Other forms: unstylishly

Definitions of unstylish
  1. adjective
    not in accord with or not following current fashion
    synonyms: unfashionable
    antique, demode, ex, old-fashioned, old-hat, outmoded, passe, passee, vintage
    out of fashion
    dated
    marked by features of the immediate and usually discounted past
    dowdy, frumpish, frumpy
    primly out of date
    fogyish, moss-grown, mossy, stick-in-the-mud, stodgy
    (used pejoratively) out of fashion; old fashioned
    out
    no longer fashionable
    prehistoric
    no longer fashionable
    old
    of long duration; not new
  2. adjective
    lacking in style or elegance
    “wearing unstylish clothes”
    synonyms: styleless
    dowdy
    lacking in smartness or taste
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