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10 Language-to-English Dictionaries소박한
Pronunciation / Transliteration: sobakhan
"그들은 소박한 삶의 방식을 유지하고 있다."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
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Not attempting to impress others with an appearance of greater importance, talent, or culture than is actually possessed.
"They lived in a small, unpretentious house in the countryside."
Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from un- (not) + pretentious, from French prétentieux, from Latin praetensio (a stretching out, pretence), from praetendere.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Unpretentious" is said worldwide
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sans prétention
Transliteration: sans pretention
"C'est un restaurant simple et sans prétention."
unprätentiös
Transliteration: unpraetentioes
"Er ist ein sehr unprätentiöser Mensch."
senza pretese
Transliteration: senza pretese
"È un locale accogliente e senza pretese."
sin pretensiones
Transliteration: sin pretensiones
"Disfrutan de un estilo de vida sin pretensiones."
despretensioso
Transliteration: despretensioso
"Eles têm um gosto simples e despretensioso."
सादा
Transliteration: saada
"वह एक बहुत ही सादा और विनम्र व्यक्ति है।"
朴实无华
Transliteration: pǔ shí wú huá
"这家小馆子虽然朴实无华，但菜很好吃。"
소박한
Transliteration: sobakhan
"그들은 소박한 삶의 방식을 유지하고 있다."
気取りのない
Transliteration: kidori no nai
"彼女は気取りのない人柄で人気がある。"
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