ostentatious
adjective
characterized by or given to pretentious or conspicuous show in an attempt to impress others.
unostentatious
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a word derived from
ostentatious.
Example Sentences
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For the Armani look itself, the document commits them to the "search for an essential, modern, elegant and unostentatious style with attention to detail and visibility".
From Reuters ● Nov. 15, 2023
The funerals were unostentatious, unlike those of the elites in Egypt and Mesopotamia.
From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2023
Sadly, in recent years, this most unostentatious and proletarian of foods has been gentrified and made to dress up gaudily with superfluous additives such as honey, Nutella and cinnamon.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 20, 2019
The rally took place in a central square near an unostentatious memorial marking the spot where thousands of corpses were burned after the 1945 Allied bombing that destroyed the city.
From New York Times ● Oct. 10, 2017
He might have been led to neglect, and, perhaps, finally despise, the unostentatious blessings of heaven.
From The Expositor's Bible: The Book of Genesis by Marcus Dods
