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unpretentiousness

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un⋅pre⋅ten⋅tious

  [uhn-pri-ten-shuhs]
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–adjective
not pretentious; modest; without ostentatious display; plain: his unpretentious demeanor; an unpretentious summer resort.
Origin:
1855–60; un- 1 + pretentious

Related forms:
un⋅pre⋅ten⋅tious⋅ly, adverb
un⋅pre⋅ten⋅tious⋅ness, noun

Synonyms:
humble, unpretending, plain, open, easy.
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un·pre·ten·tious   (ŭn'prĭ-těn'shəs)   
adj.  Lacking pretension or affectation; modest. See Synonyms at plain.
un'pre·ten'tious·ly adv., un'pre·ten'tious·ness n.
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Word Origin & History

unpretentious 
1859, from un- (1) "not" + pretentious.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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