uncooladj.n.

Brit.

/(ˌ)ʌnˈkuːl/,

/(ˌ)ʌŋˈkuːl/, U.S.

/ˌənˈkul/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: un- prefix¹, cool adj.

Etymology: < un- prefix¹ + cool adj.

Chiefly colloquial (originally U.S.).

A. adj.

Not cool (in various senses); esp. unfashionable, not stylish.

ΚΠ

1948 W. S. Burroughs Let. 5 June (1993) 21 I lost my Texas driving license for driving while drunk and public indecency. Find things very uncool in Texas.

1960 Time & Tide 24 Dec. 1599/3 The walls are crazy,..And the scene uncool for you, Daddy-o.

1979 Guardian 5 July 9/3 Those men who keep their cool are dragged, willy nilly, into violence not of their making and are then tarred with the same brush as their uncool brethren.

1980 Garden City (Kansas) Telegram 20 Aug. 4/1 It was not the heat of the day..that got to them this summer so much as the uncool nights.

1990 Sunday Times (Nexis) 20 May (Features section) To be uncool about an ‘ex’ is to be a complete schlock.

2014 Stage 27 Mar. 7/1 I was doing my GCSEs like any normal person and way back then it was the most uncool thing to dance.

B. n.

1. With the and plural agreement. Uncool people considered collectively or as a class.

ΚΠ

1966 Punch 30 Nov. 824 The uncool in the audience clapped heartily. The hip young watched in stony contempt.

1987 Sydney Morning Herald 19 Mar. 25 For the uncool, there is a subtitle explaining the ingredients.

2001 Premiere May 24 Such is the plight of being a purveyor of cool: coping with questions from the uncool.

2. The fact or quality of being uncool.

ΚΠ

1989 J. Lahr in Guardian 15 Mar. 38/1 To him, I think, I am the essence of uncool.

2002 Financial Times 18 May Working in equity research used to be the ultimate in uncool.

2015 Swindon Advertiser (Nexis) 26 June (News section) A fierce Abba fan flaunting her allegiance since childhood, even when doing so was considered the height of uncool.

Derivatives

unˈcoolly adv.

ΚΠ

1969 Washington Post 10 Oct. b13/2 Uncoolly and unprofessionally, John dies in an automobile accident looking for a lost child.

1988 Financial Times 6 Aug. (Weekend Suppl.) p. xv/6 The pretty museum guide..he coolly picks up and then un-coolly falls in love with.

2005 Bath Chron. (Nexis) 14 Jan. (Features section) 2 I had my hair uncoolly curled forward by a stylist with a pair of hot tongs.

unˈcoolness n.

ΚΠ

1971 Harper's Mag. Apr. 62/1 He gave himself away with his uncoolness on the tube.

1991 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 5 Dec. 48/4 He was considered a crank by the illuminati of the agency, for his uncoolness about Communism.

2006 Independent on Sunday (Nexis) 15 Oct. (Final ed.) (Features section) 35 I took time to realise the uncoolness of my jeans.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	uncool
释义	uncooladj.n. Brit. /(ˌ)ʌnˈkuːl/, /(ˌ)ʌŋˈkuːl/, U.S. /ˌənˈkul/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: un- prefix¹, cool adj. Etymology: < un- prefix¹ + cool adj. Chiefly colloquial (originally U.S.). A. adj. Not cool (in various senses); esp. unfashionable, not stylish. ΚΠ 1948 W. S. Burroughs Let. 5 June (1993) 21 I lost my Texas driving license for driving while drunk and public indecency. Find things very uncool in Texas. 1960 Time & Tide 24 Dec. 1599/3 The walls are crazy,..And the scene uncool for you, Daddy-o. 1979 Guardian 5 July 9/3 Those men who keep their cool are dragged, willy nilly, into violence not of their making and are then tarred with the same brush as their uncool brethren. 1980 Garden City (Kansas) Telegram 20 Aug. 4/1 It was not the heat of the day..that got to them this summer so much as the uncool nights. 1990 Sunday Times (Nexis) 20 May (Features section) To be uncool about an ‘ex’ is to be a complete schlock. 2014 Stage 27 Mar. 7/1 I was doing my GCSEs like any normal person and way back then it was the most uncool thing to dance. B. n. 1. With the and plural agreement. Uncool people considered collectively or as a class. ΚΠ 1966 Punch 30 Nov. 824 The uncool in the audience clapped heartily. The hip young watched in stony contempt. 1987 Sydney Morning Herald 19 Mar. 25 For the uncool, there is a subtitle explaining the ingredients. 2001 Premiere May 24 Such is the plight of being a purveyor of cool: coping with questions from the uncool. 2. The fact or quality of being uncool. ΚΠ 1989 J. Lahr in Guardian 15 Mar. 38/1 To him, I think, I am the essence of uncool. 2002 Financial Times 18 May Working in equity research used to be the ultimate in uncool. 2015 Swindon Advertiser (Nexis) 26 June (News section) A fierce Abba fan flaunting her allegiance since childhood, even when doing so was considered the height of uncool. Derivatives unˈcoolly adv. ΚΠ 1969 Washington Post 10 Oct. b13/2 Uncoolly and unprofessionally, John dies in an automobile accident looking for a lost child. 1988 Financial Times 6 Aug. (Weekend Suppl.) p. xv/6 The pretty museum guide..he coolly picks up and then un-coolly falls in love with. 2005 Bath Chron. (Nexis) 14 Jan. (Features section) 2 I had my hair uncoolly curled forward by a stylist with a pair of hot tongs. unˈcoolness n. ΚΠ 1971 Harper's Mag. Apr. 62/1 He gave himself away with his uncoolness on the tube. 1991 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 5 Dec. 48/4 He was considered a crank by the illuminati of the agency, for his uncoolness about Communism. 2006 Independent on Sunday (Nexis) 15 Oct. (Final ed.) (Features section) 35 I took time to realise the uncoolness of my jeans. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1948
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