un-ostentatious
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.67 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
5
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Rare form of unostentatious.
Example Sentences
- "What, my dear grandmamma, is the boaſted character of moſt of thoſe who are called Heroes, to the un-oſtentatious merit of a truly Good man?"
- "He is not a gallant man, but he is a very humane one; and this, considering Jane Fairfax’s ill health, would appear a case of humanity to him;—and for an act of un-ostentatious kindness, there is nobody whom I would fix on more than on Mr. Knightley."
- "This is a work highly creditable to the Baron and his able Editor, M. Jaubert. We cannot omit commending the un-ostentatious and economical manner in which it is put forth."
Inflected Forms
more un-ostentatious (comparative)
most un-ostentatious (superlative)