unpretentiousness

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unpretentiousness
Noun
  • Chiara and Carolina arrived with such sincerity, depth, and passion for storytelling.
    Felicity Carter, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Pressman [has] deep knowledge and sincerity.
    Julia Hass, Literary Hub, 2 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Meursault acquiesces but with a casually brutal frankness as to his motives, which have nothing to do with love.
    Jessica Kiang, Variety, 2 Sep. 2025
  • Hilarious yet heartfelt, Mom offers a refreshing frankness not often seen in today's sitcoms.
    Tanya Melendez, EW.com, 16 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Delivered to a high standard by Thales’s international team, in close collaboration with industry partners, this achievement showcases the quality, openness, and technical expertise that have defined Thales’s approach to the Type 31 delivery – earning praise from the Royal Navy.
    Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 7 Sep. 2025
  • The leaders who respond with openness, patience, and curiosity will build teams that value human connection.
    Dr. Diane Hamilton, Forbes.com, 6 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • On a humid evening in May, Patricia Lockwood, who writes with the impish verve and provocative guilelessness of a peeing cupid, was scanning the menu at a Mexican restaurant near her home, in Savannah, Georgia.
    Alexandra Schwartz, New Yorker, 25 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Her hair, fashion, candor and occasional humor during her courtroom testimony, which was live-streamed by Court TV and recirculated across social media, brought new attention to the 7-year-old case last week.
    Elizabeth Wagmeister, CNN Money, 2 Sep. 2025
  • Paul saves his candor for the page, which in turn is criticized by his publishers.
    Guy Lodge, Variety, 29 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Gilbert’s colloquial style, once a source of great pleasure, has tipped into new territory—an ingenuousness that blends guru and disciple, mother and child.
    Jia Tolentino, New Yorker, 25 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • The naturalness bias is deeply ingrained in Kennedy’s MAHA campaign, which aims to improve public health by returning to a more natural lifestyle.
    Yasmin Tayag, The Atlantic, 11 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Financial intimacy makes room for honesty, respect, and growth — in both your wallet and your relationships.
    Essence, Essence, 5 Sep. 2025
  • For Lopes, trust isn’t a matter of believing intellectually in the honesty or goodwill of another individual or institution.
    Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 5 Sep. 2025
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“Unpretentiousness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unpretentiousness. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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