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.
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Unpretentious
/ˌʌnpɹəˈtɛnʃəs/
Synonyms for "unpretentious" (124 found)
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Closest matches (25)
Adjective(10 words)
authentic earthinesscasual mannerconcisedirectearthlier flavorearthy humorearthy languageearthy texturefolksiestfunctional
Noun(1 words)
down to earth
Strong matches (37)
Adjective(7 words)
homelyhomespunhonesthumblehumble-lookinghumble-visagedhumblestinartificialinformalingloriousinnocuousleastlowlowestlowliestlowlymeanmeekmodestnative
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Noun(6 words)
Adjective(1 words)
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pastoralplainpoorquietretiringruralsacrificingself-abasingself-abnegatingself-abnegatoryself-denyingself-devotedself-effacingself-forgetfulself-immolatingself-neglectfulself-neglectingself-renouncingself-sacrificingself-unconscious
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selflesssimplesinceresmallstraightforwardteachableunacquisitiveunadornedunaffectedunambitiousunartificialunaspiringunassumingunboastfulundesigningundisguisingundissemblingundissimulatingundistinguishedunembellishedunfeigningunimportantunimposingunobtrusiveunostentatiousunpossessiveunpresumingunpresumptuousunpretendingunselfishunsparing of selfunspoiledunvarnished
Adjective(8 words)
Noun(1 words)
rich earthy tone
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3 entriesdesign principlepersonality traitwriting style
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6 entriesCollocations
6 entriesunpretentious architectureunpretentious charmunpretentious demeanorunpretentious proseunpretentious restaurantunpretentious style
Inflections
2 entriesmore unpretentiousmost unpretentious
Derivations
2 entriesAntonyms
1 entriessimilar
7 entriesSample sentences
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His life story is, in point of fact, vastly more complex and many-sided than the following handful of unpretentious and unoriginal pages suggest.
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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.
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