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unassuming

[uhn-uh-soo-ming] / ˌʌn əˈsu mɪŋ /


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The second stop is the surplus meat section, tucked in an unassuming refrigerator beside the butcher counter.

From Salon • May 22, 2026

Inside an unassuming portable cabin in York, multicoloured prom dresses adorned with jewels and sparkles line the walls.

From BBC • May 21, 2026

“His forte is listening,” Cooke, the biographer, said of Lesch, whose polite, unassuming manner reflects an adult life spent mostly in San Antonio.

From Los Angeles Times • May 4, 2026

Tim Cook may not have had the same flash as Steve Jobs, but he wielded an unassuming superpower that helped grow Apple into a $4 trillion juggernaut.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 21, 2026

No matter how hard you try you will never be able to grasp just how tiny, how spatially unassuming, is a proton.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson




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