unpretending
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From un- + pretending.
Pronunciation
[edit]- Rhymes: -ɛndɪŋ
Adjective
[edit]unpretending (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
[edit]Translations
[edit]unpretentious, real, genuine
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