uncool

«uncool» in Mova's school dictionary: Not fashionable or not stylish; embarrassing in front of… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

adjective (uncool; informal)

meaning for a pupil

1) (slang) Not fashionable or not stylish; embarrassing in front of friends. tree →

2) (slang) Not fair or not kind: «That was really uncool of you.» tree →

sense in the lessons

Used in children's and teenagers' talk about clothes, music, behaviour or parents. «That's uncool» can also mean «that's mean» or «that's not OK». Tells the reader how a character wants to look to others.

examples

• My brother thinks it's uncool to hold Mum's hand. tree →
• Wearing socks with sandals is so uncool, says my sister. tree →
• Taking my last sweet without asking was really uncool. tree →
• Dad's dancing is totally uncool. tree →
• It's not uncool to ask for help. tree →
• She didn't care if her lunchbox was uncool. tree →

note

Informal; fine with friends, not in a formal essay. Opposite: cool. Being «uncool» is only an opinion; what is cool changes from place to place and time to time.

In the corpora

• It's not uncool to ask for a bedtime; it helps.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «uncool» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.