Unpretentious
[ʌnprɪ'tenʃəs] or [,ʌnprɪ'tɛnʃəs]
Definition
(adj.) lacking pretension or affectation; 'an unpretentious country church'; 'her quiet unpretentious demeanor' .
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Unpretending.
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Examples
- Part of the genuineness is its unpretentious humanity. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- The tinge of unpretentious, inoffensive vulgarity in Mrs. Vincy gave more effect to Rosamond's refinement, which was beyond what Lydgate had expected. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- It was an unpretentious oblong wooden structure erected in the laboratory yard, and had a movable roof in the central part. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- It is an altogether pleasant and unpretentious town, which cherishes with no small amount of pride its association with the name of Thomas Alva Edison. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
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