unstylish

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adjective

Not stylish; unfashionable.

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démodépasséunchicstylelessdowdyunfashionableantiquedemode
OriginEnglish stylish ← Middle English stile ← Old French estile →
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Meanings

adjectiveunstylish (comparative more unstylish, superlative most unstylish)

comparative more unstylish · superlative most unstylish

  1. Not stylish; unfashionable.

    Synonyms: démodé, passé, unchic

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveNot stylish; unfashionable.

Similar
démodépasséunchic

More synonyms by meaning

adjectivelacking in style or elegance

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stylelessdowdy

adjectivenot in accord with or not following current fashion

Similar
unfashionableantiquedemodeexdateddowdyfrumpyfrumpishfogyishmoss-grownmossy
Also see
antiquedateddowdyexfogyishfrumpishfrumpymoss-grownmossyold-fashionedoutoutmodedpasseeprehistoricstodgystylelessunfashionable

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  3. Proto-Germanic*un-
  4. Proto-West Germanic*un-
  5. Old Englishun-
  6. Middle Englishun-
  7. Englishun-
  8. Medieval Latinstylus
  9. Proto-Indo-European*(s)teyg-
  10. Proto-Italic*stiglos?
  11. Latinstilu
  12. Old Frenchestile
  13. Middle Englishstile
  14. Englishstyle
  15. Englishstylish
  16. Englishunstylish

From un- + stylish.

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APA

unstylish. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unstylish

MLA

“unstylish.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unstylish. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unstylish,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unstylish.

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