unpretentious

From un- +‎ pretentious.

• IPA^(key): /ˌʌnpɹəˈtɛnʃəs/

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unpretentious (comparative more unpretentious, superlative most unpretentious)

1. Simple, humble, not pretentious, plain.
   • 2021 December 29, Stephen Roberts, “Stories and facts behind railway plaques: Cheltenham (1928)”, in RAIL, number 947, page 60:

     Cheltenham Spa station had opened in June 1840 as Cheltenham, being renamed Cheltenham Spa (Lansdown) in February 1925 and taking on its modern name of Cheltenham Spa in January 1948 - an oddity in itself as its town is plain, unpretentious Cheltenham.

• See Thesaurus:humble

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