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
It is the highest and most unpresumptuous form of unconscious worship.
From The Principles Of Secularism by George Jacob Holyoake
"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
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
Years later the adolescent falls in love with death; primps his spirit for it; recalls in unpresumptuous brotherhood Shelley and Keats and Chatterton.
From Greener Than You Think by Ward Moore
