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unassuming

[uhn-uh-soo-ming] / ˌʌn əˈsu mɪŋ /


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She describes her personal experiences with an insight, vulnerability and openness that is reminiscent of the raw emotions of Peet’s recent performances, which traffic in an understated, unassuming power.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 2, 2026

It’s unassuming at first due to its sheer simplicity.

From Salon • Mar. 28, 2026

It is currently a large, unassuming patch of farmland in East Ayrshire - but within years it could be one of the largest artificial intelligence data centres on Earth.

From BBC • Mar. 1, 2026

The modest brown house on a quiet, unassuming street was cordoned-off with police tape.

From Barron's • Feb. 13, 2026

No matter how hard you try you will never be able to grasp just how tiny, how spatially unassuming, is a proton.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson




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