unassuming

Example Sentences

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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

Based on the novel by Bernard MacLaverty and written by Mr. MacLaverty and Nick Payne, Ms. Findlay’s work is nevertheless so delicate as to be slight, so unassuming as to be unsatisfying.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 19, 2026

The modest brown house on a quiet, unassuming street was cordoned-off with police tape.

From Barron's • Feb. 13, 2026

He was short and unassuming, about five foot six and 150 pounds, and he lived at 1157 Wheeler, on the second floor of one of the street’s narrow apartment houses.

From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell