"unassuming" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ʌnəˈsjuːmɪŋ/, /ʌnəˈsuːmɪŋ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Sapaa-unassuming.wav Forms: more unassuming [comparative], most unassuming [superlative]
Rhymes: -uːmɪŋ Etymology: From un- + assuming. Etymology templates: {{af|en|un-|assuming|id1=negative}} un- + assuming Head templates: {{en-adj}} unassuming (comparative more unassuming, superlative most unassuming)
  1. Modest and having no pretensions or ostentation. Translations (modest with no pretensions or ostentation): скромен (skromen) (Bulgarian), непретенциозен (nepretenciozen) (Bulgarian), bescheiden (Dutch), pretentieloos (Dutch), neafektema (Esperanto), vaatimaton (Finnish), sans prétention (French), bescheiden (German), anspruchslos (German), unaufdringlich (German), unprätentiös (German), szerény (Hungarian), egyszerű (Hungarian), igénytelen (Hungarian), diszkrét (Hungarian), visszafogott (Hungarian), lítillátur [masculine] (Icelandic), summissus (Latin), whakamōwai (Maori), hūnguengue (Maori), skromny [masculine] (Polish), bezpretensjonalny [masculine] (Polish), непритяза́тельный (nepritjazátelʹnyj) (Russian), скро́мный (skrómnyj) (Russian), sencillo (Spanish), modesto (Spanish), sin pretensiones (Spanish), non asumiente (Spanish), anspråkslös (Swedish), alçakgönüllü (Turkish), mütevazı (Turkish), iddiasız (Turkish), gösterişsiz (Turkish)
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          "word": "скромен"
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          "sense": "modest with no pretensions or ostentation",
          "word": "neafektema"
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          "sense": "modest with no pretensions or ostentation",
          "word": "vaatimaton"
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          "sense": "modest with no pretensions or ostentation",
          "word": "sans prétention"
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          "sense": "modest with no pretensions or ostentation",
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          "code": "de",
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          "sense": "modest with no pretensions or ostentation",
          "word": "anspruchslos"
        },
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "modest with no pretensions or ostentation",
          "word": "unaufdringlich"
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          "sense": "modest with no pretensions or ostentation",
          "word": "unprätentiös"
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          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "modest with no pretensions or ostentation",
          "word": "szerény"
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          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "modest with no pretensions or ostentation",
          "word": "egyszerű"
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          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "modest with no pretensions or ostentation",
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          "sense": "modest with no pretensions or ostentation",
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          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "modest with no pretensions or ostentation",
          "word": "visszafogott"
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          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "modest with no pretensions or ostentation",
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          "word": "lítillátur"
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          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "modest with no pretensions or ostentation",
          "word": "summissus"
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          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "modest with no pretensions or ostentation",
          "word": "whakamōwai"
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          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "modest with no pretensions or ostentation",
          "word": "hūnguengue"
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          "sense": "modest with no pretensions or ostentation",
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          "sense": "modest with no pretensions or ostentation",
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          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "modest with no pretensions or ostentation",
          "word": "sencillo"
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          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "modest with no pretensions or ostentation",
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      "sense": "modest with no pretensions or ostentation",
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      "sense": "modest with no pretensions or ostentation",
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      "sense": "modest with no pretensions or ostentation",
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