unassuming

adjective

un·​as·​sum·​ing ˌən-ə-ˈsü-miŋ 

approving

: not assuming : not having or showing a desire to be noticed : modest

an unassuming librarian

an unassuming manner

They lived in an unassuming house/neighborhood.

unassumingness noun

Synonyms of unassuming

• meek
• humble
• modest

Examples of unassuming in a Sentence

He's just an unassuming guy.

They lived in an unassuming home.

Recent Examples on the Web

Birmingham Industrious, unassuming Birmingham has overcome an at-times fraught and complicated past to develop food, music, and cultural scenes that show the world why it's called the Magic City. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 12 Oct. 2026

Vence, France The smallest cathedral in France is already fairly unassuming, but those who don’t know to look might be surprised to find a Chagall mosaic, Moses Saved from the Waters, tucked away in a corner of the church. — Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 8 Oct. 2026

In the new Jesse Eisenberg film The Debut, Moore plays an unassuming housewife who becomes a passionate, though struggling method actor after being cast in a small role at her local community theater. — Michael Boodro, Architectural Digest, 7 Oct. 2026

Mogwai, who would make their debut the year after Beat was released and with whom Bowery Electric would share a bill, would crouch in similarly unassuming and tense postures and use them to spring out and scare the bejeezus out of people. — Sadie Sartini Garner, Pitchfork, 4 Oct. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1722, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for unassuming

• assuming
• consuming
• costuming
• presuming
• resuming
• subsuming
• blooming
• booming
• fuming
• grooming
• looming
• rooming

Kids Definition

unassuming

adjective

un·​as·​sum·​ing ˌən-ə-ˈsü-miŋ 

: not pretentious : modest

an unassuming manner

an unassuming neighborhood

unassumingly adverb