Unpretending

adj

adj ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    unpretentious, real, genuine

    "Perhaps our wedding might even be as unpretending as her own, and I might not find it necessary to say anything about it until it was over."

Adjective
  1. 1
    not ostentatious wordnet

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arcadianauthenticbona fidebucoliccandidcard carrying

Example

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"Perhaps our wedding might even be as unpretending as her own, and I might not find it necessary to say anything about it until it was over."

Etymology

From un- + pretending.

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