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
Examples of unassuming in a Sentence
He's just an unassuming guy.
They lived in an unassuming home.
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Ligaya Mishan, New York Times, 11 May 2026
The film’s makeup and hair designer, Siân Miller, shared in an interview with Allure that the unassuming $4 Burt’s Bees Tinted Lip Balm in Rose was responsible for Robbie's perfectly pink pout.
—Izzy Baskette, PEOPLE, 8 May 2026
Over the past two centuries, an unassuming home at 2 Garden Street on the edge of Harvard Square in Cambridge, Massachusetts, has quietly served as a prime spot from which to watch professors and students rush to class.
—Oset Babür-Winter, Travel + Leisure, 8 May 2026
Schimpf, unassuming and with desert-dry humor, is at ease here.
—Allie Garfinkle, Fortune, 6 May 2026
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“Unassuming.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unassuming. Accessed 12 May. 2026.
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unassuming
adjective
un·as·sum·ing
ˌən-ə-ˈsü-miŋ
: not pretentious : modest
an unassuming manner
an unassuming neighborhood
unassumingly
adverb
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