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unpretending

unpretending adjective: unassuming, unpretentious, real, genuine.

Adjective

unpretending (comparative more unpretending, superlative most unpretending)

  1. unassuming, unpretentious, real, genuine
    • 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.1852 March – 1853 September, Charles Dickens, Bleak House, London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1853, →OCLC
  2. unobtrusive, unremarkable, sedate, inconspicuous
    • BRITISH CONSTRUCTION OF TELEGRAPHIC APPARATUS.
      R. S. Culley states that small insulators, formed of good porcelain, are the best, although, on several accounts, ebonite is recommended. Dirt and moisture are the principal things to be guarded against, but not all; for many mischievous boys, who...1875, “Electricity, Light, Heat, Sound”, in Alfred E. Beach, editor, The Science Record for 1875: A Compendium of Scientific Progress and Discovery During the Past Year (Science Record), volume 4...

unpretending meaning in Malayalam

unpretending in Malayalam

കപടനാട്യമില്ലാത്ത, അഹംഭാവമില്ലാത്ത, ഭാവം കാട്ടാത്ത

Forms of unpretending

comparativemore unpretending
superlativemost unpretending

Origin of unpretending

From un- + pretending.

Words formed from unpretending

Words that rhyme with unpretending

15 more rhymesFewer rhymes

Questions about unpretending

What does unpretending mean?
Unpretending means unassuming, unpretentious, real, genuine.
What is unpretending in Malayalam?
Unpretending in Malayalam is കപടനാട്യമില്ലാത്ത, അഹംഭാവമില്ലാത്ത, ഭാവം കാട്ടാത്ത. See Unpretending meaning in Malayalam.
What part of speech is unpretending?
Unpretending is an adjective.

Words near unpretending in the dictionary

  1. unpresumptuous
  2. unpresumptuously
  3. unpresumptuousness
  4. unpresupposed
  5. unpretended
  6. unpretending
  7. unpretendingly
  8. unpretendingness
  9. unpretentious
  10. unpretentiously
  11. unpretentiousness

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Adapted from Wiktionary: unpretending (page history and authors); unpretending (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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