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Plain in nature or appearance, without ostentation

Restrained and subdued in nature or appearance

Modest and reserved, having no pretensions or ostentation

Having a laid-back or casual nature or character

Honest and natural, without artificiality or deception

Without artificiality or insincerity

Natural, unsentimental and straightforward, without artificiality or pretension

Not special or different in any way

Being a person of good repute and character

Lower in rank or status

Used in or suitable for everyday conversation rather than formal or official contexts

Not highly intellectual or cultured

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Adjective

Plain in nature or appearance, without ostentation

unsophisticated

straightforward

honest-to-goodness

rough and ready

run-of-the-mill

pure and simple

without ornamentation

without ornament

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“It promised understated elegance, dignified ceremonies, and unpretentious decor. All of which sounded exactly like what she was looking for.”

Adjective

Restrained and subdued in nature or appearance

dark-coloured^UK

dark-colored^US

in the background

delicately complex

hardly noticeable

hardly detectable

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“This jacket had the simple, unpretentious colors and cut that most skiers prefer.”

Adjective

Modest and reserved, having no pretensions or ostentation

self-deprecating

free from vanity

keeping a low profile

hiding your light under a bushel

keeping one's light under a bushel

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“Pier Luigi Nervi is an unpretentious and modest man. He describes himself as a hardworking individual, willing to share his knowledge and experience with anyone.”

Adjective

Having a laid-back or casual nature or character

cool, calm and collected

recognizable^US

recognisable^UK

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“She found Karl to be an easy-going and unpretentious young man, and she developed an interest in him after he asked her out.”

Adjective

Honest and natural, without artificiality or deception

honest-to-goodness

unsophisticated

straightforward

on the up and up

easily deceived

easily taken in

wet behind the ears

as green as grass

unselfconscious

meaning what one says

unknowledgeable

unfamiliar with

wet behind ears

lacking experience

like a babe in the woods

in the dark about

unenlightened about

slow on the uptake

unconversant with

not dry behind ears

uninformed about

inexperienced in

easily taken advantage of

just starting out

readily taken advantage of

nonprofessional

bread-and-butter

readily swallowing whole

readily taken in

readily falling for

easily influenced

easily exploited

easily controlled

out of the loop

unable to read and write

unaccustomed to

without knowledge of

taking no notice

uncomprehending

swallowing whole

kidding oneself

taking the bait

a brick short of a load

dead from the neck up

as thick as two short planks

thick as two short planks

not the full shilling

two sandwiches short of a picnic

falling hook line and sinker

lay it on the line

not afraid to call a spade a spade

straight from the shoulder

not in the loop

able to be influenced

unacquainted with

not knowing the first thing about

uninitiated about

not having the faintest about

without knowledge

inexperienced of

out of the loop of

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“To Krenn, Pittsburghers are unpretentious and sincere, and this is how Krenn's audience hears the characters he creates.”

Adjective

Without artificiality or insincerity

well-established

honest-to-goodness

twenty-four carat

hundred percent

without reservations

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Adjective

Natural, unsentimental and straightforward, without artificiality or pretension

straightforward

with both feet on the ground

straight-thinking

with one's feet on the ground

full of common sense

have one's feet on the ground

cool, calm and collected

well-thought-out

well considered

common-sensical

self-controlled

brought to bear

non-theoretical

within the bounds of possibility

within the realms of possibility

both feet on the ground

in one's right mind

having all one's marbles

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Adjective

Not special or different in any way

undistinguished

middle-of-the-road

run-of-the-mine

run-of-the-mill

no great shakes

common or garden

nothing to write home about

nothing special

fair-to-middling

unextraordinary

par for the course

fair to middling

unexceptionable

nothing to get excited about

sufficiently good

moderately good

inconsequential

standardized^US

standardised^UK

middle of the road

matter-of-course

unobjectionable

of no consequence

nothing out of the ordinary

run of the mill

nothing to shout about

barely adequate

well established

completely understandable

better than nothing

not worth mentioning

of no importance

unsophisticated

lacking excitement

lacking interest

of little consequence

of little importance

of no great concern

recognizable^US

individualistic

recognisable^UK

blending into the background

only to be expected

tried and tested

long-established

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Adjective

Being a person of good repute and character

Adjective

Lower in rank or status

undistinguished

lower in status

beneath someone

not so important

not very important

under someone's heel

underprivileged

inconsequential

nickel-and-dime

of little account

twopenny-halfpenny

not worth mentioning

of little importance

dishonourable^UK

dishonorable^US

unsophisticated

not worth bothering about

of no consequence

of no importance

neither here nor there

beside the point

of little consequence

no great shakes

of no great concern

not worth speaking of

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Adjective

Used in or suitable for everyday conversation rather than formal or official contexts

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Adjective

Not highly intellectual or cultured

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