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unimposing

unimposing adjective: not imposing; not grand or magnificent; modest.

Adjective

unimposing (comparative more unimposing, superlative most unimposing)

  1. Not imposing; not grand or magnificent; modest.
    • Melton Mowbray station, ½ mile east of the junction, is an unimposing and cramped structure with up and down platforms only and express trains which call there have to draw up twice because of the short platform lengths.1959 June, J. F. Oxley, D. R. Smith, “The Nottingham-Kettering line of the L.M.R.”, in Trains Illustrated, page 320

Forms of unimposing

comparativemore unimposing
superlativemost unimposing

Origin of unimposing

From un- + imposing.

Words formed from unimposing

Questions about unimposing

What does unimposing mean?
Unimposing means not imposing; not grand or magnificent; modest.
What part of speech is unimposing?
Unimposing is an adjective.

Words near unimposing in the dictionary

  1. unimportunate
  2. unimportunately
  3. unimportuned
  4. unimposable
  5. unimposed
  6. unimposing
  7. unimposingly
  8. unimposingness
  9. unimpossible
  10. unimpounded
  11. unimpoverished

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