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Unassuming vs Unpretentious - What's the difference?

unassuming | unpretentious |

As adjectives the difference between unassuming and unpretentious

is that unassuming is modest and having no pretensions or ostentation while unpretentious is simple, humble, not pretentious, plain.

unassuming

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • modest and having no pretensions or ostentation

    • unpretentious

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Simple, humble, not pretentious, plain.

    • Synonyms

    * See

    Antonyms

    * pretentious

    Derived terms

    * unpretentiously * unpretentiousness