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单词 unpretended
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unpretendedadj.

Brit. /ˌʌnprᵻˈtɛndᵻd/, U.S. /ˌənprəˈtɛndəd/
Forms: see un- prefix1 and pretended adj.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: un- prefix1, pretended adj.
Etymology: < un- prefix1 + pretended adj.With use in quot. 1611, compare discussion at un- prefix1.
Not pretended; genuine. Also: unpretentious, unassuming.In quot. 1632: to which no claim has been made.
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > foundation in fact, validity > [adjective] > genuine, real
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1611 J. Florio Queen Anna's New World of Words Impretenso, vnpretended.
1632 J. Hayward tr. G. F. Biondi Eromena iii. 83 I pretend nothing else than your service..: wherein if my fortune or your benignitie make me so happie, as that my service be acceptable unto you; I shall account in at [perh. read it as] unpretended gaine.
1649 Bp. J. Taylor Great Exemplar Disc. xx. §21 It is to be supposed he hath no great account to make for unpretended injuries.
1700 J. Sergeant Transnatural Philos. Ep. Ded. sig. A4 Your Friendly Affability, and Unpretended Courtesy, is neither deprest by mean Condescensions; nor rais'd above its just Level by the least Disrespectful Height.
1766 Gazetteer & New Daily Advertiser 5 June The difficulty of..acquiring a satisfactory knowledge of unpretended indigence, whereon they might bestow their benevolence.
1828 Cornish Mag. Jan. 15/1 His daughter..pressed upon us their plain but unpretended cheer.
1858 H. Spencer Ess. 1st Ser. iii. 146 How pleasant the little unpretended gatherings of book-societies, and the like.
1862 Trans. Essex Archæol. Soc. 2 209 The small and unpretended village Church.
1940 Princeton Alumni Weekly 12 Jan. 333/2 This column, in a very unpretended democratic spirit, is always open to constructive criticism.
1993 B. Hannah Bats out of Hell 219 She was very sick and I knew something was wrong, unpretended and real.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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