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单词 unfashionable
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unfashionableadj.n.

Brit. /(ˌ)ʌnˈfaʃnəbl/, /(ˌ)ʌnˈfaʃn̩əbl/, U.S. /ˌənˈfæʃ(ə)nəb(ə)l/
Etymology: un- prefix1 1b
1. Incapable of being fashioned or shaped; not admitting of a material form. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > unintelligibility > [adjective]
uncouthc897
unnimlyc1225
incomprehensiblea1340
unsearchablec1384
unknowable?c1400
investigablea1425
uncomprehensiblea1425
unthinkablec1445
imperscrutablec1450
inscrutablec1450
inopinable?a1475
incomprenable1502
unspectable?1504
incogitablec1522
uncogitable1529
impenetrable1531
inimaginable1534
inexplicable1555
unsensible1555
unscrutable1562
unfashionable1563
unpenetrable1581
unexcogitable1592
ineffable1598
inexcogitable1599
indivinable1603
ininvestigable1604
incapable1605
searchless?1606
uncomprehensive1609
unconceivable1611
undivinable1611
unimaginable1611
unexplicable1615
unintelligible1616
unapprehensible?1617
unfathomable1617
imprehensible1622
ununderstandablea1631
indeprehensible1633
indiscernible1635
inscrute1639
inapprehensiblea1641
indiscoverable1640
unexaminable1641
impervestigable1643
fathomless1645
inconceivable1646
indeterminable1646
inexplorable1646
insearchable1647
incomprehended1652
comprehendlessa1654
incomprehensive1656
untraceable1661
uninvestigablea1677
unintelligent1683
incognoscible1691
thought-transcendinga1711
uncognizable1720
acataleptic1727
undescriptive1744
elusive1751
impalpable1781
inaccessible1796
unconjecturable1806
uncognoscible1821
unascertainable1827
unfixable1831
unguessable1832
unrealizable1832
unsurveyable1833
hard-shelled1835
unintellective1837
undeemed1845
graspless1849
unconjectured1850
incognizable1852
ungraspable1853
unreadable1853
super-cerebral1854
elusory1856
trans-conscious1865
intangible1880
uncatchable1892
unspelt1892
unplumbable1895
unknowledgeable1920
indiscutable1933
the world > space > shape > [adjective] > able to be shaped > not able to be shaped
unfashionable1563
1563 J. Man tr. W. Musculus Common Places Christian Relig. 47 They doe sinne in that they set forth to the invisible and unfashionable God an image of an olde man with a hore beard.
1607 S. Hieron Discouerie of Hypocrisie in Wks. (1620) I. 236 Thou, beeing a builder, when a stone breakes or is vnfashionable, throwest it from thee.
2. Badly shaped or formed. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > lack of beauty > [adjective] > not shapely or deformed
unshapelyc1200
forcrookedc1305
deform1382
froward shapena1400
misshapena1400
deformedc1400
misshape1440
deformablec1450
disformatea1492
misshapeda1500
deformate?a1505
fashionless1581
unfashionable1597
shapeless1598
ill-proportioned1602
disformed1665
untrained1871
1597 W. Shakespeare Richard III i. i. 22 Scarce halfe made vp, And that so lamely and vnfashionable, That dogs barke at me as I halt by them. View more context for this quotation
1611 J. Speed Hist. Great Brit. vi. v. 192/2 He was of stature tall, of complexion pale and wan, of body somewhat grosse and vnfashionable.
1638 Earl of Strafford Let. 10 Aug. (1739) II. 197 The Pikes short and ill-headed, their Arms unfashionable and very little good.
1663 A. Cowley Cutter of Coleman-St. Pref. sig. A4v The slight Reparations..of an Old and unfashionable Building.
3. Of actions, conduct, etc.: Not in accordance with the prevailing fashion.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > behaviour > customary or habitual mode of behaviour > unaccustomedness or state of disuse > [adjective] > not practised or used > not in customary use
uncurrenta1616
unfashionable1659
out of (the) mode1664
demoded1885
dismoded1898
1659 R. Boyle Some Motives & Incentives to Love of God 158 As Unfashionable as such a Profession may seem in a Gentleman not yet two and Twenty.
1693 J. Locke Some Thoughts conc. Educ. §70 All the Actions of Childishness, and unfashionable Carriage, and whatever Time and Age will of it self be sure to reform.
1759 S. Johnson Idler 17 Mar. 81 They give the mind an unfashionable cast.
1776 A. Smith Inq. Wealth of Nations I. i. ix. 119 It is there [sc. in Holland] unfashionable not to be a man of business. View more context for this quotation
1843 A. Bethune Sc. Peasant's Fire-side 16 She had herself been bred in the country where unfashionable revels of this kind are quite common.
4.
a. Of persons: Not following the current fashion; not living in a fashionable way.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > unfashionableness > [adjective]
infashionable1640
unfashionable1660
unmodishc1665
unpolite1741
démodé1871
naff1964
switched-off1964
out1966
schleppy1966
dorky1970
dorked-out1974
1660 F. Brooke tr. V. Le Blanc World Surveyed 340 These unfashionable Doctors had mind on nothing but to satisfie their insatiable avarice.
1693 W. Congreve tr. Juvenal in J. Dryden et al. tr. Juvenal Satires xi. 227 Then, that Unfashionable Man am I, With me they'd Starve, for want of Ivory.
1704 R. Steele Tender Husband v. i Let me come at the intruder on ladies' private hours—the unfashionable monster!
1766 C. Anstey New Bath Guide i. vi. 9 When Sim, unfashionable Ninny, In Public calls me Cousin Jenny.
1864 C. Dickens Our Mutual Friend (1865) I. i. ix. 76 They sat side by side, a hopelessly Unfashionable pair.
1890 Spectator 16 Aug. 208/2 Far from the madding crowd of fashionable or unfashionable society.
b. n. An unfashionable person.
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the mind > attention and judgement > unfashionableness > [noun] > unfashionable person
unfashionable1822
1822 Countess of Blessington Magic Lantern 19 The crowds..tempted me to stroll into that gay rendezvous of fashionables, as well as unfashionables.
1831 Westm. Rev. 14 436 The fashionables are almost uniformly witty and agreeable, the unfashionables stupid and disagreeable.

Derivatives

unˈfashionableness n.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > unfashionableness > [noun]
unfashionableness1693
unfashion1822
unfashionability1977
1693 J. Locke Some Thoughts conc. Educ. §184 Natural Unfashionableness being much better than apish, affected Postures.
1884 Contemp. Rev. July 102 All that people will see in this latter sort of work..will be its shapelessness, plus its unfashionableness.

Draft additions 1993

unˌfashionaˈbility n.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > unfashionableness > [noun]
unfashionableness1693
unfashion1822
unfashionability1977
1977 Times 11 May 18/2 There are some artists who can wear unfashionability like a decoration for valour.
1989 Independent 8 Apr. 4 Causes of the downturn are the financial squeeze..and the unfashionability of package holidays.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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