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US
/ˌənpɹiˈtɛnʃəs/
]
[ UK /ʌnpɹɪtˈɛnʃəs/ ]
[ UK /ʌnpɹɪtˈɛnʃəs/ ]
ADJECTIVE
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not ostentatious
his unostentatious office
unostentatious elegance -
exhibiting restrained good taste
the room is pleasant and understated -
lacking pretension or affectation
an unpretentious country church
her quiet unpretentious demeanor
How To Use unpretentious In A Sentence
- Many of the pictures and symbols were helpful to the Democrats 'cause: a family that clearly was from the real America -- Wallace and Bobby, his parents; a wife, Elizabeth, who looks like the kind of unpretentious person who doesn't mind celebrating her anniversary at Wendy's; a demure daughter and two towheaded tots. Digital Dispatches
- The food is gutsy and unpretentious, and recipes such as squid stuffed with raisins and pine kernels, or polenta and Seville orange cake, certainly do it for me.
- The Dodgers were “dem Bums,” the “daffiness boys,” the unpretentious clowns, whose fans were seen as scruffy bluecollar workers who spoke with bad diction. Wait Till Next Year
- A sober brick building, unpretentious in scale and design, lies modestly low among lawns at the end of a road with playing fields on either side.
- It's a low budget affair and so the hotel was unpretentious and homely and cheap.
- Welcome to Wine Country Yacht Charters, Napa County's most unpretentious place to relax and drink wine.
- The desserts range from the unpretentious — an ice cream sundae or sorbet — to the splendacious — caramel panna cotta, hazelnut Anglaise, or two kinds of crepes.
- Stack's taste and style were admirable yet always unpretentious, with no trace of affectation or competitiveness. Times, Sunday Times
- Offering a wide variety of flexible, unpretentious, gutsy food with modest bills, it's affordable and fun.
- The bridge design is unpretentious. It consists simply of two steel towers supporting a lift span.