unshowy

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adjective

Not showy; plain or unassuming

“He has a confident, unshowy style.”

OriginEnglish showy ← Middle English un- ← Old English un- →
Scrabble 16
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Meanings

adjective
  1. Not showy; plain or unassuming

    He has a confident, unshowy style.

    1 more example

    Wales, too, led by the unshowy but effective Mark Drakeford, has looked far more likely as a candidate for independence than it ever has.

    2021 December 29, Christian Wolmar, “An opportunity to push for schemes of local importance”, in RAIL, number 947, page 40

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  3. Proto-Germanic*un-
  4. Proto-West Germanic*un-
  5. Old Englishun-
  6. Middle Englishun-
  7. Englishun-
  8. Englishshowy
  9. Englishunshowy

From un- + showy.

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Cite this entry
APA

unshowy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unshowy

MLA

“unshowy.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unshowy. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unshowy,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unshowy.

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