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unassuming in English:

1. showing no desire to be noticed or given special treatment showing no desire to be noticed or given special treatment



English word "unassuming"(showing no desire to be noticed or given special treatment) occurs in sets:

vocab wiola mis/in/un/dis

2. not arrogant or presuming



English word "unassuming"(not arrogant or presuming) occurs in sets:

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3. assume


If there’s no proof as to what happened, we can only assume the cause of an accident.
When we hear of a divorce we assume that it was caused by the inability of those two people to agree upon fundamentals.
It's presumptuous for humans to assume that our task is to do what only God can do.
I assume that
assume, We mustn't assume the suspects' guilt.
To again assume...
A top EU official said Europe was ready to assume leadership on combating climate change
In most cases, people, even the most vicious, are much more naive and simple-minded than we assume them to be. And this is true of ourselves too.
Today cars are so popular that we assume everyone has one.
misstatements of revenues is assumed to be a specific risk
Let’s assume that this exception should be only thrown when the user with name Michael is being saved
I would assume that most of the time human actions are intended and only in small situations are they accidental.
Note that this theorem does not assume the existence of such an object.

English word "unassuming"(assume) occurs in sets:

word formation 2

4. modest


Both teachers and students should wear modest clothes at school.
Generally speaking, Japanese women are modest.
You can get good food for a modest sum at the restaurant.
After winning the Nobel prize, she remained as modest as ever.
modest income/salary
Are you being modest or bigheaded?
The manager implied that a modest man was suitable for the position.
Dealing with actual Coruscant citizens instead of Lothal expatriates would move her a modest step up the social ladder.
he was a very modest man, refusing to take any credit for the enterprise
The budget for climate change is modest.
The modestly-priced hostels usually offer bed and breakfast only (B&B).
drink modest amounts of alcohol / it was a nice wedding, necessarily Modest / modest dress means that hemlines must be below the knee
Australia has long had a remarkably good university system, and used relatively modest levels of public investment in higher education very effectively.
someone who is modest does not want to talk about their abilities or achievements (He was always modest about his role in the Everest expedition.)
The little prince rightly guessed that she was not exactly modest, but she was so lovely to behold!