unpretentious en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /ˌʌnpɹəˈtɛnʃəs/
- (Southern-England) audio
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English pretentious English unpretentious From un- + pretentious.
Meanings
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Simple, humble, not pretentious, plain.
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.
2021 December 29, Stephen Roberts, “Stories and facts behind railway plaques: Cheltenham (1928)”, in RAIL, number 947, page 60:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more unpretentious | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most unpretentious | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |
Antonyms
Deriveds
unpretentiousness · unpretentiously
Synonyms
Translations (24)
bg непретенциозен (not pretentious) · eo senafekta (not pretentious) · mi whakamōwai (not pretentious) · ru неприхотли́вый (not pretentious) · pt despretensioso (not pretentious) · pl bezpretensjonalny (not pretentious) · eo senpretenda (not pretentious) · da uhøjtidelig (not pretentious) · ga neamh-mhóiréiseach (not pretentious) · sv sjåsfri (not pretentious) · bg скромен (not pretentious) · sv opretentiös (not pretentious) · pl arcyskromny (not pretentious) · cmn 樸實無華的 /朴实无华的 (not pretentious) · de unprätentiös (not pretentious) · mk непретенцио́зен (not pretentious) · nb upretensiøs (not pretentious) · hu visszafogott (not pretentious) · sv chosefri (not pretentious) · nn upretensiøs (not pretentious) · mi hūnguengue (not pretentious) · hu szerény (not pretentious) · bg прост (not pretentious) · fi vaatimaton (not pretentious)