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

Designed by Luis Mansilla and Emilio Tuñón, its unimposing vertical linear structure has won 10 architectural awards, including the 2017 American Architecture Prize.

From Washington Times • May 22, 2023

But the agency, which occupies two floors of an unimposing office building in Washington, has a small staff and an annual budget of only $32 million.

From New York Times • Nov. 14, 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 Seattle 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