"unpretentious" meaning in English

See unpretentious in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˌʌnpɹəˈtɛnʃəs/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-unpretentious.wav Forms: more unpretentious [comparative], most unpretentious [superlative]
Etymology: From un- + pretentious. Etymology templates: {{af|en|un-|pretentious|id1=negative}} un- + pretentious Head templates: {{en-adj}} unpretentious (comparative more unpretentious, superlative most unpretentious)
  1. Simple, humble, not pretentious, plain. Synonyms: humble Derived forms: unpretentiously, unpretentiousness Translations (not pretentious): прост (prost) (Bulgarian), скромен (skromen) (Bulgarian), непретенциозен (nepretenciozen) (Bulgarian), 樸實無華的 /朴实无华的 (pǔshí wúhuá de) (Chinese Mandarin), uhøjtidelig (Danish), senafekta (Esperanto), senpretenda (Esperanto), vaatimaton (Finnish), unprätentiös (German), neamh-mhóiréiseach (Irish), непретенцио́зен (nepretenciózen) (Macedonian), whakamōwai (Maori), hūnguengue (Maori), upretensiøs (Norwegian Bokmål), upretensiøs (Norwegian Nynorsk), arcyskromny (Polish), bezpretensjonalny (Polish), despretensioso [masculine] (Portuguese), неприхотли́вый (neprixotlívyj) (Russian), opretentiös (Swedish), chosefri (Swedish), sjåsfri (Swedish)
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          "sense": "not pretentious",
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          "sense": "not pretentious",
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