Pronunciaciones (3)
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/ʌnˈkuːl/
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/ʊnˈkuːl/
Notas de pronunciación
- Ireland
- Northern-England
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/ʌnˈkʉl/
Notas de pronunciación
- Northern-Ireland
- Scotland
Adjetivo
Not in accord with the current fashion, standards, or mores of a particular group; not cool.
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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
Sustantivo
The quality of being uncool.
Uso- jerga
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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: […]
Más ejemplos (2)
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.
Adjetivo
(spoken slang) unfashionable and boring