self-effacing
adjective
self-ef·fac·ing
ˌself-i-ˈfā-siŋ 
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: having or showing a tendency to make oneself modestly or shyly inconspicuous
His passions and faith run soul-deep, his gentle wit is always self-effacing and never insulting …—
Don Gaetz
Don Gaetz… she was an extremely self-effacing, private person who never sought the limelight and did not leave the usual artifacts that enable a biographer to reconstruct life patterns.—Douglas R. McManis
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he's dating a sweet, self-effacing girl
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Jean E. Palmieri, Footwear News, 23 Oct. 2025
But most remains unchanged about a designer once described to me as having the air of an eternal student: attentive, self-effacing, and eager to join in.
—Nathan Heller, Vogue, 14 Oct. 2025
Roberts performs as Yale philosophy Professor Alma, the self-righteousness that dazzles in her eyes subjugates Edebiri as Maggie, her self-effacing star pupil.
—Malik Peay, Essence, 9 Oct. 2025
In execution, though, those sound principles produced a self-effacing Cartesian colossus — a massive hunk of boring.
—Justin Davidson, Curbed, 22 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for self-effacing
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“Self-effacing.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/self-effacing. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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