unpresuming

[Pref. un- (1), and English presuming.] Not presuming; not forward; modest, humble, retiring. "To the entire exclusion of modest and unpresuming men." Knox: Letter to a Young Nobleman. *ŭn-prě-şump-tu-ous (mp as m), a . [Pref. un (1), and Eng. presumptuous .] Not presumptuous; not presuming; humble, submi ive. "Lift to heaven an unpresumptuous eye." Cowper: Task , v. 746. un-prě-těnd'-ing, a. [Pref. un- (1), and Eng. pretending .] Not pretending to or claiming any distinction or authority; una uming, modest. "The honest and unpretending part of mankind." Pope .