unpretentious
adj/ˌʌnpɹəˈtɛnʃəs/
Etymology From un- + pretentious.
1
Simple, humble, not pretentious, plain.
- Cheltenham Spa station had opened in June 1840 as Cheltenham, being renamed Cheltenham Spa (Lansdown) in February 1925 and taking on its modern name of Cheltenham Spa in January 1948 - an oddity in itself as its town is plain, unpretentious Cheltenham.2021 December 29, Stephen Roberts, “Stories and facts behind railway plaques: Cheltenham (1928)”, in RAIL, number 947, page 60:
- Synonyms
- humble
- Antonyms
- pretentious
- Derived terms
- unpretentiously, unpretentiousness