unpretentious
pronunciation
How to pronounce unpretentious in British English: UK [ˌʌnprɪˈtenʃəs]
How to pronounce unpretentious in American English: US [ˌʌnprɪˈtɛnʃəs]
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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 .