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OUT OF FASHION
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Dictionary entry overview: What does out of fashion mean?
• OUT OF FASHION (adjective)
The adjective OUT OF FASHION has 1 sense:
1. unpopular and considered unappealing or unfashionable at the time
Familiarity information: OUT OF FASHION used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Unpopular and considered unappealing or unfashionable at the time
Synonyms:
out of fashion; unfashionable
Similar:
unpopular (regarded with disfavor or lacking general approval)
Context examples
One day the Prince hid his queue behind the collar of his coat, so Harewood cut his off, thinking that they were going out of fashion.
(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
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