unassuming

adjective

un·​as·​sum·​ing ˌən-ə-ˈsü-miŋ 

approving

: not assuming : not having or showing a desire to be noticed : modest

an unassuming librarian

an unassuming manner

They lived in an unassuming house/neighborhood.

unassumingness noun

Synonyms of unassuming

• meek
• humble
• modest

Examples of unassuming in a Sentence

He's just an unassuming guy.

They lived in an unassuming home.

Recent Examples on the Web

Mogwai, who would make their debut the year after Beat was released and with whom Bowery Electric would share a bill, would crouch in similarly unassuming and tense postures and use them to spring out and scare the bejeezus out of people. — Sadie Sartini Garner, Pitchfork, 4 Oct. 2026

Envita was in an unassuming office park, between a luxury-homes business and a gastroenterologist. — Trisha Thadani Kirsten Potter Tanya Pérez Devin Murphy, New York Times, 4 Oct. 2026

An unassuming warehouse in south Kansas City that attracted widespread outrage earlier this year over reported plans to turn it into an immigration detention center will instead be used for infrastructure storage. — Chris Higgins, Kansas City Star, 30 Sep. 2026

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Word History

First Known Use

1722, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for unassuming

• assuming
• consuming
• costuming
• presuming
• resuming
• subsuming
• blooming
• booming
• fuming
• grooming
• looming
• rooming

Kids Definition

unassuming

adjective

un·​as·​sum·​ing ˌən-ə-ˈsü-miŋ 

: not pretentious : modest

an unassuming manner

an unassuming neighborhood

unassumingly adverb