unimposing
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of unimposing
Example Sentences
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His Clark Kent-esque transformation, from unimposing nice guy — “the nicest guy in the entire world,” Casparius said — to smirking menace whenever the day needs saving is the stuff of comic book legends.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 15, 2026
Unlike the ocean, whose breakers instantly communicate danger, the culprit in a flooding event could be as unimposing as a tiny creek or a clogged storm drain.
From Slate • Jul. 24, 2025
Her presence has been described as gentle, quiet and unimposing.
From New York Times • Dec. 8, 2021
He was an unimposing man whom Men’s Journal would describe as “the last person you’d peg as a spy - until you find out he was one.”
From Washington Times • Apr. 29, 2021
The colonial architecture felt foreign but also crisp and unimposing compared to the Gothic pinnacles of Cambridge.
From "Educated" by Tara Westover
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