un-pretended
dɪd adjective
1.
insincerely or falsely professed: a pretended interest in art.
2.
feigned, fictitious, or counterfeit: His pretended wealth was proved to be nonexistent.
3.
alleged or asserted; reputed.
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pretend
c.1380, "to profess or claim," from O.Fr. pretendre "to lay claim," from L. prætendere "stretch in front, put forward, allege," from præ- "before" + tendere "to stretch," from PIE base *ten- "to stretch" (see tend). Main modern sense of "feign, put forward a false
claim" is recorded from 1412; the older sense of simply "to claim" is behind the string of royal pretenders (1697) in Eng. history. Meaning "to play, make believe" is recorded from 1865.
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Un-pretended
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