MEANING
Not large, grand, or forceful enough to command attention.
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Words that belong together
- unimposing building
- unimposing figure
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The unimposing building held the city's oldest archive.
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- Base
- unimposing
Usage notes
Primary category: literary / elevated general. Forms: Comparative more unimposing; superlative most unimposing when comparison is meaningful. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Commonness: moderately common.
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