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unpresentable |
unpresidential |
unpressed |
unpressured |
unpretending |
unpretentious
| unpretentiously
| unpretentiousness
| unpreventable
| unprevented
| unpriced
unpretentious
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adjective unpretentious has 3 senses
- unpretentious(a = adj.all) Array - lacking pretension or affectation; "an unpretentious country church"; "her quiet unpretentious demeanor" Antonym: pretentious
- unpretentious(a = adj.all) unostentatious, unpretending - not ostentatious; "his unostentatious office"; "unostentatious elegance" Derived form noun unpretentiousness1
- unpretentious(s = adj.all) understated, unostentatious - exhibiting restrained good taste; "the room is pleasant and understated" Derived form noun unpretentiousness1
Derived form noun unpretentiousness1
OXFORD DICTIONARY
unpretentious, adj. not making a great display; simple, modest.
Derivative
unpretentiously adv. unpretentiousness n.
THESAURUS
unpretentious
altruistic, arcadian, bucolic, candid, committed, consecrated, dedicated, devoted, direct, discreet, disinterested, genuine, homely, homespun, honest, humble, humble-looking, humble-visaged, humblest, inartificial, inglorious, innocuous, least, low, lowest, lowliest, lowly, mean, meek, modest, native, natural, naturelike, pastoral, plain, poor, rural, sacrificing, self-abasing, self-abnegating, self-abnegatory, self-denying, self-devoted, self-effacing, self-forgetful, self-immolating, self-neglectful, self-neglecting, self-renouncing, self-sacrificing, self-unconscious, selfless, simple, small, straightforward, teachable, unacquisitive, unadorned, unaffected, unambitious, unartificial, unaspiring, unassuming, unboastful, undesigning, undisguising, undissembling, undissimulating, undistinguished, unembellished, unfeigning, unimportant, unimposing, unobtrusive, unostentatious, unpossessive, unpresuming, unpresumptuous, unpretending, unselfish, unsparing of self, unspoiled, unvarnishedROGET THESAURUS
unpretentious
Modesty
N modesty, humility, diffidence, timidity, retiring disposition, unobtrusiveness, bashfulness, mauvaise honte, blush, blushing, verecundity, self-knowledge, reserve, constraint, demureness, blushing honors, modest, diffident, humble, timid, timorous, bashful, shy, nervous, skittish, coy, sheepish, shamefaced, blushing, overmodest, unpretending, unpretentious, unobtrusive, unassuming, unostentatious, unboastful, unaspiring, poor in spirit, out of countenance, reserved, constrained, demure, humbly, quietly, privately, without ceremony, without beat of drum, sans fa, not stepping o'er the bounds of modesty, thy modesty's a candle to thy merit.
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