UNFASHIONABLE


Meaning of UNFASHIONABLE in English

un ‧ fash ‧ ion ‧ a ‧ ble /ʌnˈfæʃ ə nəb ə l/ BrE AmE adjective

[ Word Family: verb : ↑ fashion ; noun : ↑ fashion ; adverb : ↑ fashionably ≠ UNFASHIONABLY ; adjective : ↑ fashionable ≠ ↑ unfashionable ]

not popular or fashionable at the present time:

unfashionable clothes

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THESAURUS

▪ unfashionable not popular or fashionable at the present time – used especially about people’s ideas, beliefs, and way of life:

They lived in an unfashionable part of London.

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Marriage has become unfashionable in some countries.

▪ out of fashion no longer fashionable – used especially about clothes, styles, and behaviour:

Miniskirts have been in and out of fashion over the years.

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Leather jackets had never fallen out of fashion (=become unfashionable) .

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He used to be a smoker until smoking went out of fashion.

▪ dated used for describing things which were fashionable and modern at one time but are starting to look unfashionable or old now:

The hotel needs to improve its dated interior.

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The show seems dated now.

▪ passé no longer fashionable – used especially about ways of doing and thinking about things. A rather formal use:

The musicals and light comedies for which she was known have become passé.

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Some of his ideas about food are a bit passé.

▪ something is so last year informal used when saying that something is now very unfashionable – a very informal use:

Blogging is already starting to feel so last year.

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The resort is overcrowded and so last year.

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English.      Longman - Словарь современного английского языка.