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adjective
Date: 1722
not assuming ; modest <an unassuming librarian> <an unassuming manner> <an unassuming neighborhood> • unassumingness noun
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
unassuming
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Unassuming — Un as*sum ing, a. Not assuming; not bold or forward; not arrogant or presuming; humble; modest; retiring; as, an unassuming youth; unassuming manners. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
unassuming — index diffident, direct (forthright), honest, inconspicuous, ordinary, unaffected (sincere) … Law dictionary
unassuming — (adj.) unpretentious, 1726, from UN (Cf. un ) (1) not + infinitive of ASSUME (Cf. assume) … Etymology dictionary
unassuming — [adj] shy backward, bashful, diffident, humble, lowly, meek, modest, mousy*, plain, prim, quiet, reserved, retiring, self effacing, simple, unambitious, unassertive, unobtrusive, unostentatious, unpretending, unpretentious; concepts 401,404 Ant.… … New thesaurus
unassuming — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ not pretentious or arrogant. DERIVATIVES unassumingly adverb … English terms dictionary
unassuming — [un΄ə so͞o′miŋ, un΄əsyo͞o′miŋ] adj. not assuming, pretentious, or forward; modest; retiring unassumingly adv. unassumingness n … English World dictionary
unassuming — [[t]ʌ̱nəsju͟ːmɪŋ, AM su͟ːm [/t]] ADJ GRADED (approval) If you describe a person or their behaviour as unassuming, you approve of them because they are quiet and do not try to appear important. He s a man of few words, very polite and unassuming … English dictionary
unassuming — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. modest, retiring, reserved. See modesty. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. quiet, retiring, reserved; see humble 1 , modest 2 . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) (VOCABULARY WORD) a. [un uh SOO ming] modest… … English dictionary for students
unassuming — adjective showing no desire to be noticed or given special treatment; modest: an unassuming middle class family … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
unassuming — adjective she s not quite the unassuming ingenue she seems to be Syn: modest, self effacing, humble, meek, bashful, reserved, diffident; unobtrusive, unostentatious, low key, unpretentious, unaffected, natural, artless, ingenuous … Thesaurus of popular words
