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lack of pretension
noun as in humbleness
noun as in lowliness
noun as in modesty
Strong matches
Weak match
noun as in self-effacement
Example Sentences
“But he uses it shrewdly and with a skillful lack of pretension.”
The miniseries retains the series’ basic-cable lack of pretension, its humor, its promotion of conversation over action.
In addition to its ubiquity, Waffle House's sheer lack of pretension is another of its greatest virtues.
Or not excess exactly, but a kind of ease, a lack of pretension and the ability or willingness to embrace Los Angeles for what it is.
The daughter of famous Hollywood actors Janet Leigh and Tony Curtis, Curtis has jokingly called herself "nepo baby" but is known in Hollywood for her lack of pretension.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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