uncool
/ʌnˈkuːl/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.79 in modern English
8
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "It's not the coolest pad in Melbourne. Your presence is enough to make it more than a little uncool."
- "Now it is nineteen eighty-four / Knock-knock at your front door / It's the suede denim secret police / They have come for your uncool niece"
- "Not surprisingly, they discover that despite its sleek exterior, the interior of cool is as warm as a puppy. It is the very essence of “uncool,” in fact: […]"
- "At the risk of being labeled a scold — the ultimate in uncool — I have to ask: before cashing those big checks, shouldn’t we at least pause to consider what we are saying with our movies about the value of life and the pleasures of mayhem?"
- "New Yorker Mary Kay Seery, 60, a real-estate broker, recalls that people were shocked when she and her husband, Billy Seery, 61, moved in 1998 from the East Village to Prospect Park South, a Brooklyn neighborhood known for its detached Victorian houses. At the time, it was considered the height of uncool by some of her friends. “They were like, ‘You paid $490,000 for a house in Brooklyn? Are you crazy?’ ” said Ms. Seery."
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 cool English uncool From un- + cool.