unassuming
Americanadjective
adjective
Other Word Forms
- unassumingly adverb
- unassumingness noun
Etymology
Origin of unassuming
Example Sentences
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The modest brown house on a quiet, unassuming street was cordoned-off with police tape.
From Barron's
Outwardly unassuming and privately acerbic, Martin Gilmour teaches at a second-rate English university that, in his words, “tended to attract the stupid rich.”
It can make an unassuming desk worker appear daring and athletic—not to mention comfortable in elite social circles.
Quiet, unassuming, even shy, particularly in public, McSweeney was known for being obsessed by winning, constantly fearful of complacency and ever aware of Labour's track record of losing far more elections than it wins.
From BBC
When reminiscing about films or promulgating his ideas on technique, Kurosawa comes across as approachable and marvelously unassuming.
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