vain
adjective
excessively proud of or concerned about one's own appearance, qualities, achievements, etc.; conceited.
unvain
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a word derived from
vain.
Example Sentences
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“She is so unvain that she does not overly care about leaving behind a blueprint for the West 4.0,” said Mr. Kornelius, her biographer.
From New York Times ● Dec. 6, 2018
Ms. Binoche, effortlessly charismatic and ruthlessly unvain, has no investment in the character’s likability.
From New York Times ● Apr. 25, 2018
There’s something wonderfully unvain about this approach, but there’s something odd, too, about the lack of discrimination – Nelson’s apparent indifference, or obliviousness, to the mediocrity of some of what he has released.
From The Guardian ● May 16, 2015
It's a ferociously unvain performance – feral-faced, stiff round the torso, left hand forever lodged in hoodie pocket; a movement born from his discovery that Zuckerberg is an expert fencer.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 14, 2010
"You mustn't make her vain," said Anna-Rose, trying not to smile all over her face, while Anna-Felicitas remained as manifestly unvain as a person intent on something else would be.
From Christopher and Columbus by Elizabeth
