MEANING
Not seeking attention or making conspicuous claims of importance.
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- unassuming manner
- unassuming expert
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The unassuming expert carried her notes in a grocery bag.
His unassuming manner gave no hint of the rooms named after him.
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- unassuming
Usage notes
Primary category: psychological / character. Forms: Comparative more unassuming; superlative most unassuming where gradation is meaningful. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.
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