Standard Lemma guide

unfashionable

adj · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • CMU ARPABET: AH0 N F AE1 SH AH0 N AH0 B AH0 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Not fashionable.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

That cannot be fashioned; unshapely, distorted.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: obsolete

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adjective

Meaning 3

not in accord with or not following current fashion

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • unfashionable clothes
  • melodrama of a now unfashionable kind

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: unstylish

Antonyms: fashionable

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English fashion Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dhlom Proto-Indo-European *-dhlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English fashionable English unfashionable From un- + fashionable.

Across languages

Translations

20 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Asturian: pasáu — not fashionable
  • Asturian: ranciu — not fashionable
  • Asturian: serondu — not fashionable
  • Asturian: pasáu de moda — not fashionable
  • Dutch: onmodieus — not fashionable
  • Finnish: epämuodikas — not fashionable
  • French: quétaine — not fashionable
  • Hungarian: divatjamúlt — not fashionable
  • Hungarian: ódivatú — not fashionable
  • Italian: fuori moda — not fashionable
  • Persian: دمده (demode) — not fashionable
  • Portuguese: fora de moda — not fashionable
  • Portuguese: brega — not fashionable
  • Portuguese: cafona — not fashionable
  • Romanian: demodat — not fashionable
  • Russian: немо́дный (nemódnyj) — not fashionable
  • Spanish: demodé — not fashionable
  • Spanish: pasado — not fashionable
  • Spanish: pasado de moda — not fashionable
  • Swedish: omodern — not fashionable
Real reading context

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