as in meek
not having or showing any feelings of superiority, self-assertiveness, or showiness
a talented but surprisingly unassuming musician
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Recent Examples of unassuming
How could someone so kind and unassuming, some have said in interviews and social media posts, end up carrying out such a heinous act of terrorism?
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Suzanne Gamboa, NBC News, 3 Jan. 2025
The unassuming Italian mainstay just steps from the state line at 1809 Westport Road has become my KC cheesy, carby comfort food haven.
—Allison Dikanovic, Kansas City Star, 2 Jan. 2025
Off stage, his personality is unassuming and his appearance is almost timid.
—Audrey Gibbs, The Tennessean, 29 Dec. 2024
Anne Mensah Anne Mensah is the unassuming executive behind the Brits’ conquest of Netflix in 2024.
—Jake Kanter, Deadline, 24 Dec. 2024
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Suzanne Gamboa, NBC News, 3 Jan. 2025
The unassuming Italian mainstay just steps from the state line at 1809 Westport Road has become my KC cheesy, carby comfort food haven.
—Allison Dikanovic, Kansas City Star, 2 Jan. 2025
Off stage, his personality is unassuming and his appearance is almost timid.
—Audrey Gibbs, The Tennessean, 29 Dec. 2024
Anne Mensah Anne Mensah is the unassuming executive behind the Brits’ conquest of Netflix in 2024.
—Jake Kanter, Deadline, 24 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unassuming
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Each tree has promised itself right up from the ground, branches full of dying... Elegy Written In A City Cemetery Sina Queyras Somebody left the world last night, and last, and last, and last: wild is the glower of wind, and words too thin, too meek to shelter.—
Max Ufberg,
hazlitt.net,
10 Jan. 2025
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He was supposed to be a meek guy who doesn’t speak up.—
Josh Weiss,
Forbes,
6 Jan. 2025
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The Type 2 sits among some of the more humble and accessible classics.—
Trinity Francis,
Forbes,
23 Jan. 2025
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The Blakes are a humble family and the idea of her dad blowing past security to storm the court had Mikayla cracking up.—
Grace Raynor,
The Athletic,
23 Jan. 2025
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Its modest storefront entrance gives way to a long tropical deck out back that overlooks an inlet on the canal that flows into the Intracoastal Waterway.—
John Oseid,
Forbes,
21 Jan. 2025
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More:Melania Trump sports dark, modest outfit for Inauguration ceremony What did Ivanka Trump wear to the inauguration?—
Sam Woodward,
USA TODAY,
21 Jan. 2025
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“Unassuming.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unassuming. Accessed 31 Jan. 2025.
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