unpretending

English

Etymology

un- +‎ pretending

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɛndɪŋ

Adjective

unpretending (comparative more unpretending, superlative most unpretending)

1. unpretentious, real, genuine
   • 1852 March – 1853 September, Charles Dickens, Bleak House, London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1853, →OCLC:

     Perhaps our wedding might even be as unpretending as her own, and I might not find it necessary to say anything about it until it was over.

Derived terms

• unpretendingly
• unpretendingness

Translations

unpretentious, real, genuine

• Gothic: 𐌿𐌽𐌷𐌹𐌽𐌳𐌰𐍂𐍅𐌴𐌹𐍃 (unhindarweis)