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unpretentious
adjective un·pre·ten·tious \-ˈten(t)-shəs\
: not having or showing the unpleasant quality of people who want to be regarded as more impressive, successful, or important than they really are : not pretentious
Full Definition of UNPRETENTIOUS
: free from ostentation, elegance, or affectation : modest <unpretentious homes> <an unpretentious celebrity>
— un·pre·ten·tious·ly adverb
— un·pre·ten·tious·ness noun
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First Known Use of UNPRETENTIOUS
1859
Related to UNPRETENTIOUS
- Synonyms
- artless, genuine, honest, ingenuous, innocent, naive (or naïve), natural, real, simple, sincere, true, unaffected, unpretending, guileless
- Antonyms
- affected, artful, artificial, assuming, dishonest, dissembling, dissimulating, fake, false, guileful, insincere, phony (also phoney), pretentious
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