unimposing

Example Sentences

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Unlike the ocean, whose breakers instantly communicate danger, the culprit in a flooding event could be as unimposing as a tiny creek or a clogged storm drain.

From Slate • Jul. 24, 2025

Baker was skinny and physically unimposing, with a mop of curly blond hair.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 19, 2025

And the story of his fandom illustrates an important point about New York City’s favorite super-powered wall-crawler: The appeal of the character long ago transcended its original iteration as a white, unimposing, orphaned teenager.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 9, 2022

He was an unimposing man whom Men’s Journal would describe as “the last person you’d peg as a spy - until you find out he was one.”

From Washington Times • Apr. 29, 2021

The colonial architecture felt foreign but also crisp and unimposing compared to the Gothic pinnacles of Cambridge.

From "Educated" by Tara Westover