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  • adjective Not trendy; unfashionable.

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non- +‎ trendy

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Examples

  • Whether it is bucking a trend predicted by the pundits on the financial pages and TV shows, or jumping on a company with solid financials and growth but that is out of favor because of public perception, or playing it safe and putting some money into the tried-but-true big cap, nontrendy companies, there is always money to be made by not riding the fast trend wave.

    Ahead of the Curve Hilary Kramer 2007

  • Whether it is bucking a trend predicted by the pundits on the financial pages and TV shows, or jumping on a company with solid financials and growth but that is out of favor because of public perception, or playing it safe and putting some money into the tried-but-true big cap, nontrendy companies, there is always money to be made by not riding the fast trend wave.

    Ahead of the Curve Hilary Kramer 2007

  • But inside the bar, two longtime regulars, Jay Liebell and Bill Osterholm, were showing more resignation than defiance as they mulled over a dark prospect: that the sun might soon set on the Montauket, a place that for many locals has become a stand-in for the soul of this rapidly gentrifying town. the Hamptons have flowed east into this much sleepier outpost at the island's prow, the hotel and its bar have remained the last major redoubt for the townies, the old-timers, the nontrendy.

    NYT > Home Page 2010

  • But inside the bar, two longtime regulars, Jay Liebell and Bill Osterholm, were showing more resignation than defiance as they mulled over a dark prospect: that the sun might soon set on the Montauket, a place that for many locals has become a stand-in for the soul of this rapidly gentrifying town. the Hamptons have flowed east into this much sleepier outpost at the island's prow, the hotel and its bar have remained the last major redoubt for the townies, the old-timers, the nontrendy.

    NYT > Home Page 2010

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