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unpretentiousness

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unpretentiousness
Noun
  • Know that conversations deserve deep sincerity.
    Tarot.com, New York Daily News, 3 Jan. 2026
  • Part of what comes to me, Roxana, is my sincerity and my earnestness.
    Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 1 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt brushed off those comments as an example of the president’s frankness.
    Brett Samuels, The Hill, 8 Dec. 2025
  • Their frankness and loyalty are also notable when the call is in.
    Lisa Stardust, PEOPLE, 23 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • Her question, in Lipe-Smith’s inquisitive piccolo of a voice, is heartbreaking in its blend of straightforwardness and desperate desire, as is her mother’s wavering response.
    Sara Holdren, Vulture, 1 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The contemporary hull is designed to maximize openness while retaining a close connection with water.
    Michael Verdon, Robb Report, 7 Nov. 2025
  • That openness extends to her ambitions offstage as well.
    Thania Garcia, Variety, 7 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • Young Swift possessed a kind of guilelessness, but the thirty-six-year-old version has seen things, felt things, been hurt.
    Amanda Petrusich, New Yorker, 4 Jan. 2026
  • But there’s a guilelessness to everything Bella does, a trust in the universe and an insatiable curiosity about humanity.
    Katie Rife, Vulture, 9 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • Western counterparts often acknowledge them privately, even as public backlash from some European institutions and media figures ensued against Rubio’s candor.
    Daniel Ross Goodman, The Washington Examiner, 9 Jan. 2026
  • Mirren’s sharp wit, undaunted candor and natural grace is further amplified in a playful, almost naughty swag girl way about her.
    Rosemary Rossi, Variety, 7 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • Gilbert’s colloquial style, once a source of great pleasure, has tipped into new territory—an ingenuousness that blends guru and disciple, mother and child.
    Jia Tolentino, New Yorker, 25 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • But then, with seemingly on-the-fly artlessness, Laxe’s camera picks a few of the dancers out.
    Justin Chang, New Yorker, 14 Nov. 2025
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“Unpretentiousness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unpretentiousness. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.

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