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English
Etymology
From un- + pretending.
Pronunciation
Adjective
unpretending (comparative more unpretending, superlative most unpretending)
- unpretentious, real, genuine
1852 March – 1853 September, Charles Dickens, Bleak House, London: Bradbury and Evans, , published 1853, →OCLC:Perhaps our wedding might even be as unpretending as her own, and I might not find it necessary to say anything about it until it was over.
Derived terms
Translations
unpretentious, real, genuine