unmodern
- adjective
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anticuado
- Her taste in fashion is quite unmodern, as she prefers styles from the 1950s.
- very unmodern
Examples
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Capitalism does not forbid us this dream—that is an unmodern method—but it takes care that we forget it.
Academic text (1992) -
This bias toward the practices of wealthy people, even if about the modern nation through depictions of its unmodern Others, may represent an attempt to erase any traces of poverty from public view.
Academic text (2004) -
That is, even explicitly local and unmodern practices involve agents of the state and seek state legitimation through registration.
Academic text (2004) -
We can expect nationalism, however defined, to grow in intensity as modern states become even more modern and unmodern states embark on the road to modernity.
Academic text (1992) -
The quest to document unmodern heritage among ethnic minorities in the Thai countryside is not simply about modernity and its opposites.
Academic text (2004) -
On this national stage, Mien people tend to be characterized or even celebrated as the nation's unmodern alternative, such as in the television documentary about their ancient ritual traditions and in the Tribal Research Institute's documentation of a traditional wedding.
Academic text (2004) -
This article discusses the repeated framing of Mien ethnic minority highland people as unmodern in relation to projects of modernity and modernization in Thailand.
Academic text (2004) -
The antique shop was filled with unmodern furniture that reminded me of a bygone era.
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He lives in an unmodern house that lacks the conveniences of contemporary living.
Synonyms
149
4.7
Not in style, like clothes or ideas from an earlier time
78
5.0
No longer useful or fashionable because it is old
40
7.4
Not fashionable or popular and thought boring
34
9.9
Very old and not used in everyday life
32
8.2
Very old and not useful or suitable now
11
6.5
No longer fashionable or useful
9
7.5
Old-fashioned and not modern
8
5.8
Very old-fashioned and not modern
8
3.7
Few people wear it now because it is not in style
3
6.2
Not modern and looking old-fashioned
2
7.7
Not fashionable or aware of current trends
2
9.9
Very old-fashioned and out of date
1
6.8
No longer new or fashionable
1
3.7
Not fashionable or elegant in appearance
From an earlier time or older style
Old-fashioned and unfair in ideas or ways of treating people
Not changed to use new methods or machines
Not fashionable or stylish, often plain and old-fashioned
Antonyms
How Modern
49
5.6
219
4.2
∞
1.4
149
4.7
34
9.9
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Unmodern is formed from the start un- meaning 'not' and modern, a word that means 'new' or 'of now'. So unmodern literally means 'not new' and is used for things that are old-fashioned or not in current style.