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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: lacking pretension or affectation; "an unpretentious country church"; "her quiet unpretentious demeanor" [ant: pretentious]
2: not ostentatious; "his unostentatious office"; "unostentatious elegance" [syn: unostentatious, unpretentious, unpretending] [ant: ostentatious, pretentious]
3: exhibiting restrained good taste; "the room is pleasant and understated" [syn: understated, unostentatious, unpretentious]

Merriam Webster's

adjective Date: 1859 free from ostentation, elegance, or affectation ; modest <unpretentious homes> <an unpretentious celebrity> • unpretentiously adverb • unpretentiousness noun

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. not making a great display; simple, modest. Derivatives: unpretentiously adv. unpretentiousness n.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

If you describe a place, person, or thing as unpretentious, you approve of them because they are simple in appearance or character, rather than sophisticated or luxurious. The Tides Inn is both comfortable and unpretentious. ...good, unpretentious pop music... ADJ [approval]

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

a. See unpretending.

Moby Thesaurus

altruistic, arcadian, bucolic, candid, committed, consecrated, dedicated, devoted, direct, discreet, disinterested, genuine, homely, homespun, honest, humble, humble-looking, humble-visaged, humblest, inartificial, inglorious, innocuous, least, low, lowest, lowliest, lowly, mean, meek, modest, native, natural, naturelike, pastoral, plain, poor, rural, sacrificing, self-abasing, self-abnegating, self-abnegatory, self-denying, self-devoted, self-effacing, self-forgetful, self-immolating, self-neglectful, self-neglecting, self-renouncing, self-sacrificing, self-unconscious, selfless, simple, small, straightforward, teachable, unacquisitive, unadorned, unaffected, unambitious, unartificial, unaspiring, unassuming, unboastful, undesigning, undisguising, undissembling, undissimulating, undistinguished, unembellished, unfeigning, unimportant, unimposing, unobtrusive, unostentatious, unpossessive, unpresuming, unpresumptuous, unpretending, unselfish, unsparing of self, unspoiled, unvarnished