Definition of unassuming
: not assuming : modest an unassuming librarian an unassuming manner an unassuming neighborhood
unassumingness
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Examples of unassuming in a Sentence
He's just an unassuming guy.
They lived in an unassuming home.
Recent Examples of unassuming from the Web
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The unassuming Cubs closer switched from 22 to 17 for the 2014 season after his stepbrother, Dustin Huguley, died unexpectedly of a genetic heart defect Aug. 3, 2013.
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The bracts in some cases are thought to lead pollinators to the rather unassuming flower, like airport runway lights.
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Their unassuming nature is also why chameleons are less of a priority for the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, which is more concerned with managing the state's 63 other non-native reptile and amphibian species.
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Since 1980, this unassuming practitioner of the pose/click arts has worked with one of a half-dozen or so of the big, boxy 20x24 cameras handmade by the company’s founder, Edwin H. Land.
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The lab’s owners—Dr. John Piazza and his wife, Susan Piazza, who also own the NY Chiropractic & Physical Therapy office in another white unassuming house next door—treat them like family.
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On Oct. 5, 1986, Sandinistas in Nicaragua shot down a cargo plane, which bore an unassuming transport-company name but was found to contain 60 Kalashnikov rifles, tens of thousands of cartridges and other gear.
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Unassuming salesman Arnold was an unlikely candidate to become embroiled in such a controversy.
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An unassuming but competitive 40-year-old, Hassabis is regarded as the Merlin who will likely help conjure our A.I. children.
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First Known Use of unassuming
1722
UNASSUMING Defined for English Language Learners
unassuming
playDefinition of unassuming for English Language Learners
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: not having or showing a desire to be noticed, praised, etc.
UNASSUMING Defined for Kids
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