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Unpretentious

//ˌʌnpɹəˈtɛnʃəs// adj

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Simple, humble, not pretentious, plain.

    "Cheltenham Spa station had opened in June 1840 as Cheltenham, being renamed Cheltenham Spa (Lansdown) in February 1925 and taking on its modern name of Cheltenham Spa in January 1948 - an oddity in itself as its town is plain, unpretentious Cheltenham."

Adjective
  1. 1
    not ostentatious wordnet
  2. 2
    lacking pretension or affectation wordnet
  3. 3
    exhibiting restrained good taste wordnet

Etymology

From un- + pretentious.

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