Thesaurus / unpretentious
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Just 40 minutes from Anchorage, this ski town at the base of Alyeska Resort has a wild, unpretentious feel.
THE BEST SKI TOWNS TO LIVE IN OR VISIT RIGHT NOWERILEYFEBRUARY 4, 2022OUTSIDE ONLINEFavoring mellow miles over speedy strides, this unpretentious workhorse—a waterproof version of Brooks’s bestselling neutral trainer—gets refreshed with more of the brand’s softest EVA midsole.
THE BEST ROAD AND TRAIL RUNNING SHOES OF 2022JVERSTEEGHOCTOBER 26, 2021OUTSIDE ONLINEAn aerospace engineer by training, Calandrelli is young, deliberately unpretentious, and wildly enthusiastic—and at the time, she was nine months pregnant.
WONDER WOMANCHRISTINA COUCH, SM ’15APRIL 28, 2021MIT TECHNOLOGY REVIEWXi’s crackdown gave a boost to New World wines—think Napa Valley, Chile, and Australia—as China’s image-conscious middle class looked for premium, but unpretentious, bottles.
AUSTRALIA’S ‘APPROACHABLE’ WINE WON OVER CHINA’S MIDDLE CLASS. THEN CAME THE TARIFFSEAMONBARRETTDECEMBER 7, 2020FORTUNEWhen you are not walking, you drive a Volvo—a solid, unpretentious vehicle.
THE FIRST MURDERKATIE MCLEANAUGUST 19, 2020MIT TECHNOLOGY REVIEWA quiet, unpretentious old border town is Hereford, pleasantly located on the banks of the always beautiful Wye.
BRITISH HIGHWAYS AND BYWAYS FROM A MOTOR CARTHOMAS D. MURPHYThe houses of the well-off were unpretentious outside, but were fitted inside with comfort and even elegance.
THE TOWNS OF ROMAN BRITAINJAMES OLIVER BEVANEven the most unpretentious houses in Pompeii have in them the remains of staircases (Fig. 44).
THE PRIVATE LIFE OF THE ROMANSHAROLD WHETSTONE JOHNSTONSit down, sister; we are very proud and very happy that you have accepted our unpretentious invitation.
MAUPASSANT ORIGINAL SHORT STORIES (180), COMPLETEGUY DE MAUPASSANTSomething also it owed to its unpretentious yet practical and utilitarian character.
ART IN ENGLANDDUTTON COOKWORDS RELATED TO UNPRETENTIOUS
- average
- base
- baseborn
- cast down
- common
- commonplace
- declassed
- docile
- dutiful
- everyday
- gentle
- humble
- ignoble
- low
- lowborn
- mean
- meek
- menial
- mild
- modest
- mundane
- obscure
- obsequious
- ordinary
- plebeian
- poor
- proletarian
- prosaic
- retiring
- reverential
- servile
- simple
- submissive
- subordinate
- unassuming
- unpretentious
- vulgar
- withdrawing
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