1
: lacking in assurance, sophistication, or self-control
2
: failing to accord with the values or styles (as of dress or behavior) of a particular group : not accepted or admired as cool or proper
driving an uncool car
an uncool remark
Examples of uncool in a Sentence
Her parents' car is totally uncool.
It's uncool to lie to your friends.
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But a barrage of Stop Sales riddled the contents of the uncool flip- top cooler with raw shrimp, cooked shrimp, egg rolls, tofu, raw beef and beef tendon all measuring at least 12 degrees above 41 degrees.
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David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 17 Apr. 2026
In interviews, the 26-year-old electro-pop artist and producer has referenced growing up as one of few Asian teenagers in Wichita, Kansas, and feeling perpetually nerdy and uncool.
—Lydia Wei, Pitchfork, 13 Apr. 2026
The wild card in this whole scenario is Orson, who the show positions as a lonely, uncool kid who’s been shipped to his mother’s home in the wake of his father’s (and her ex’s) hospitalization back east.
—Scott Tobias, Vulture, 12 Apr. 2026
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David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 17 Apr. 2026
In interviews, the 26-year-old electro-pop artist and producer has referenced growing up as one of few Asian teenagers in Wichita, Kansas, and feeling perpetually nerdy and uncool.
—Lydia Wei, Pitchfork, 13 Apr. 2026
The wild card in this whole scenario is Orson, who the show positions as a lonely, uncool kid who’s been shipped to his mother’s home in the wake of his father’s (and her ex’s) hospitalization back east.
—Scott Tobias, Vulture, 12 Apr. 2026
Your book is going to reframe how people think about boy bands, or at least the sort of taboos that live deep within us—not crediting this music as valid, thinking of these groups as unartistic, or uncool.
—Literary Hub, 9 Apr. 2026
See All Example Sentences for uncool
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“Uncool.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/uncool. Accessed 25 Apr. 2026.
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