Unpretentious
/ˌʌnpɹəˈtɛnʃəs/ adj
adj ·Moderate ·High school level
Definitions
Adjective
- 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 not ostentatious wordnet
- 2 lacking pretension or affectation wordnet
- 3 exhibiting restrained good taste wordnet
Example
More examples"The man who will become Japan’s next prime minister is the son of strawberry farmers, with an unpretentious personality and a penchant for exceeding others’ expectations of him."
Etymology
From un- + pretentious.