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Dictionary: un·pre·ten·tious   (ŭn'prĭ-tĕn'shəs) pronunciation
 
adj.

Lacking pretension or affectation; modest. See synonyms at plain.

unpretentiously un'pre·ten'tious·ly adv.
unpretentiousness un'pre·ten'tious·ness n.
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Thesaurus: unpretentious
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adjective

    Not elaborate or showy, as in appearance or style: modest, plain, simple, unassuming, unostentatious. See plain/fancy.

 
Antonyms: unpretentious
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adj

Definition: simple, honest
Antonyms: affected, dishonest, flaunting, pretending, pretentious


 
WordNet: unpretentious
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Note: click on a word meaning below to see its connections and related words.

The adjective has 3 meanings:

Meaning #1: lacking pretension or affectation
  Antonym: pretentious (meaning #1)

Meaning #2: not ostentatious
  Synonym: unostentatious

Meaning #3: exhibiting restrained good taste
  Synonyms: understated, unostentatious


 
Translations: Unpretentious
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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - uprætentiøs, beskeden, uhøjtidelig, fordringsløs

Nederlands (Dutch)
pretentieloos, bescheiden

Français (French)
adj. - sans prétention

Deutsch (German)
adj. - einfach, bescheiden

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - ανεπιτήδευτος, απλός

Italiano (Italian)
senza pretese, discreto

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - desprentencioso

Русский (Russian)
непретенциозный

Español (Spanish)
adj. - sin pretensiones, modesto, sencillo

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - anspråkslös, opretentiös

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
不骄傲的, 谦逊的

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 不驕傲的, 謙遜的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - ~인체 하지 않는, 겸손한

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 虚飾のない, 控えめな

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) متواضع, غير مدع, بسيط‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮חסר-יומרות, צנוע, לא מתבלט‬


 
 
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