unassuming
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A South African businessman so unassuming you would struggle to pick him out in the directors' box – not that he sat in it much.
From BBC • Apr. 6, 2026
It’s unassuming at first due to its sheer simplicity.
From Salon • Mar. 28, 2026
Last June, Naomi Welikala noticed a line curving around the block of her local American Legion, an unassuming building that rarely invited commotion.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 2, 2026
The modest brown house on a quiet, unassuming street was cordoned-off with police tape.
From Barron's • Feb. 13, 2026
It was unassuming to the point of being ugly, with a pink, unkempt exterior and a mass-manufactured mailbox with an eagle on top of it.
From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel
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