unpretending
English
editEtymology
editFrom un- + pretending.
Pronunciation
edit- Rhymes: -ɛndɪŋ
Adjective
editunpretending (comparative more unpretending, superlative most unpretending)
- 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
editTranslations
editunpretentious, real, genuine
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