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10 Language-to-English DictionariesUnmodischkeit
Pronunciation / Transliteration: oon-moh-dish-kite
"Seine Unmodischkeit machte ihn in der Schule zu einem Außenseiter."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
The state or quality of not being in current fashion, style, or custom.
"He embraced the unfashionableness of his corduroy jackets with a certain pride." - 2
The condition of being unpopular or lacking social appeal due to being out of date.
"The studio worried about the unfashionableness of the film's retro aesthetic."
Thesaurus & Semantic Spectrum
Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the prefix un- (Old English un-, expressing negation) combined with fashionable, which stems from the noun fashion (from Old French façon, derived from Latin factio, meaning 'a making or doing'). The abstract nominal suffix -ness (from Old English -nes) was added to form a noun indicating the state or quality of lacking current style or popular acceptance.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Unfashionableness" is said worldwide
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démodé
Transliteration: day-mo-day
Script: Le caractère démodé
"Le caractère démodé de ses vêtements ne le dérangeait pas."
Unmodischkeit
Transliteration: oon-moh-dish-kite
"Seine Unmodischkeit machte ihn in der Schule zu einem Außenseiter."
fuorimoda
Transliteration: fwo-ree-mo-da
Script: Fuorimoda
"L'essere fuorimoda era diventato il suo marchio di fabbrica."
anticuado
Transliteration: an-ti-kwa-do
Script: Anticuado
"La falta de estilo y lo anticuado de sus muebles sorprendió a todos."
fora de moda
Transliteration: fo-ra de mo-da
Script: Fora de moda
"A obsolescência e o estar fora de moda caracterizavam o design."
अप्रचलता
Transliteration: aprachalata
"उनके कपड़ों में अप्रचलता साफ झलकती थी।"
不时髦
Transliteration: bù shímáo
"这种不时髦的风格近年来反而重新流行起来。"
비유행성
Transliteration: bi-yu-haeng-seong
"그의 옷차림에서 느껴지는 비유행성은 독특한 개성이 되었다."
時代遅れ
Transliteration: jidaiozure
"彼のスタイルの時代遅れさは、かえって新鮮に映った。"
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