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"word": "скромен"
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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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"word": "lítillátur"
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"sense": "modest with no pretensions or ostentation",
"word": "summissus"
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"sense": "modest with no pretensions or ostentation",
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"sense": "modest with no pretensions or ostentation",
"word": "непритяза́тельный"
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"sense": "modest with no pretensions or ostentation",
"word": "anspråkslös"
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"ipa": "/ʌnəˈsjuːmɪŋ/"
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"ref": "1949 March and April, F. G. Roe, “I Saw Three Englands–2”, in Railway Magazine, page 84",
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"sense": "modest with no pretensions or ostentation",
"word": "скромен"
},
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"sense": "modest with no pretensions or ostentation",
"word": "bescheiden"
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{
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"sense": "modest with no pretensions or ostentation",
"word": "pretentieloos"
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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",
"word": "szerény"
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"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "modest with no pretensions or ostentation",
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"sense": "modest with no pretensions or ostentation",
"word": "igénytelen"
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"sense": "modest with no pretensions or ostentation",
"word": "diszkrét"
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"sense": "modest with no pretensions or ostentation",
"word": "visszafogott"
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"sense": "modest with no pretensions or ostentation",
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"word": "lítillátur"
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"code": "la",
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"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",
"tags": [
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"word": "skromny"
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"code": "pl",
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"sense": "modest with no pretensions or ostentation",
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"word": "bezpretensjonalny"
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"code": "ru",
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"roman": "nepritjazátelʹnyj",
"sense": "modest with no pretensions or ostentation",
"word": "непритяза́тельный"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "skrómnyj",
"sense": "modest with no pretensions or ostentation",
"word": "скро́мный"
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"code": "es",
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"sense": "modest with no pretensions or ostentation",
"tags": [
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"word": "sencillo"
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{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "modest with no pretensions or ostentation",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "modesto"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "modest with no pretensions or ostentation",
"word": "sin pretensiones"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "modest with no pretensions or ostentation",
"word": "anspråkslös"
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],
"word": "unassuming"
}
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