Unmodest

adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Not modest.

    "[…] - an outstanding example of botanical artistry and of the skill of the gravure craftsman; a volume that would have been possible only at many times the present and unmodest price, had its manufacture not been heavily subsidized by the Buhl Foundation; a volume destined to become a classic of its kind."

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"[…] - an outstanding example of botanical artistry and of the skill of the gravure craftsman; a volume that would have been possible only at many times the present and unmodest price, had its manufacture not been heavily subsidized by the Buhl Foundation; a volume destined to become a classic of its kind."

Etymology

From un- + modest.

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