unassuming
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Unassuming from the outside, the shop opens into a huge ark of mortar-crusted brick and ribcage-like beams, with long dining tables displaying shapely vases, pitchers, teacups and plates in shades of apricot, amber and malachite.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 17, 2026
Unassuming, that's how the big love gets you.
From Salon • Dec. 26, 2022
Unassuming and unremarkable, “Green Book” clearly wasn’t the most important or groundbreaking movie of 2018.
From Washington Post • Feb. 28, 2019
Unassuming from the outside, the eel shop we visited sits across the street from a betting parlor and a humble tandoori joint.
From New York Times • Nov. 14, 2017
Unassuming and modest to the verge of shyness, he impressed every one as a man of singular pluck and nerve.
From Quite So by Aldrich, Thomas Bailey
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