All 6 Uses
unassuming
in
Flora & Ulysses
(Edited)
- "This malfeasance must be stopped" was what the unassuming janitor Alfred T Slipper always said before he was transformed into the amazing Incandesto and became a towering, crime-fighting pillar of light.
p. 7.8unassuming = humble
- But then, neither did the nearsighted, unassuming janitor Alfred T Slipper.
p. 32.3
- This is Alfred, and he is an unassuming, nearsighted, stuttering janitor who works cleaning the multifloor offices of the Paxatawket Life Insurance Company.
p. 35.2
- Words had appeared above his head, however, and Flora's father had read those words to her so many times that she could recite them by heart: HE IS AN UNASSUMING JANITOR.
p. 38.7 *
- HE IS AN UNASSUMING SQUIRREL.
p. 39.1
- IN THE DARKENED KITCHEN, THE UNASSUMING SQUIRREL WORKED SLOWLY.
p. 42.2
Definitions:
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(1)
(unassuming) humble -- not arrogant, showy, or self-important
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)