unpretentious

pronunciation

How to pronounce unpretentious in British English: UK [ˌʌnprɪˈtenʃəs]word uk audio image

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  • Adjective:
    lacking pretension or affectation
    not ostentatious
    exhibiting restrained good taste

Word Origin

unpretentious (adj.)
1859, from un- (1) "not" + pretentious (adj.). Related: Unpretentiously; unpretentiousness.

Antonym

Example

1. Unpretentious storytelling is a rare thing , and that 's what huff does quite well .
2. Their music is still raw and unpretentious .
3. What a lovely , unpretentious jazz album this is !
4. An accomplished computer scientist who personally wrote some of the foundation code that made computer animation possible , ed is an unpretentious man .
5. His unpretentious calm may suit the chancellor better than the erratic grandstanding of mr sarkozy .

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