presumptuous
adjective
full of, characterized by, or showing presumption or readiness to presume in conduct or thought, as by saying or doing something without right or permission.
unpresumptuous
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a word derived from
presumptuous.
Example Sentences
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An unpresumptuous little chocolate ripple does not interest them; they want presumption.
From Time Magazine Archive
"You must be sure and introduce me," she said, with a sparkle of her eyes that Frank was too unpresumptuous to understand.
From Love, the Fiddler by Lloyd Osbourne
His to enjoy With a propriety that none can feel, But who, with filial confidence inspired, Can lift to heaven an unpresumptuous eye, And smiling say—My Father made them all!
From The Task and Other Poems by William Cowper
It is the highest and most unpresumptuous form of unconscious worship.
From The Principles Of Secularism by George Jacob Holyoake
With filial confidence inspired, Can lift to Heaven an unpresumptuous eye, And smiling say, My Father made them all!
From Familiar Quotations A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature by John Bartlett
