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unassumingness

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un⋅as⋅sum⋅ing

[uhn-uh-soo-ming]
–adjective
modest; unpretentious.

Origin:
1720–30; un- 1 + assuming


un⋅as⋅sum⋅ing⋅ly, adverb
un⋅as⋅sum⋅ing⋅ness, noun
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unassuming 
"unpretentious," 1726, from un- (1) "not" + inf. of assume.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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