unassuming
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Beneath an unassuming hill just next to a newbuild housing estate there lies a bunker that was designed to keep Wales running in the event of a nuclear attack.
From BBC ● Jul. 11, 2026
Beneath the gray roof of an unassuming white building on Route 183 in Stockbridge, Mass., resides a certain painting.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 3, 2026
Herzi’s slender, unassuming drama contains few emotional crescendos or grand insights, although this is the rare French film to center on a Muslim lesbian as its protagonist.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 12, 2026
The second stop is the surplus meat section, tucked in an unassuming refrigerator beside the butcher counter.
From Salon ● May 22, 2026
The gray clothes, the plain hairstyle, and the unassuming demeanor of my faction are supposed to make it easier for me to forget myself, and easier for everyone else to forget me too.
From "Divergent" by Veronica Roth
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