unimposing

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

un- +‎ imposing

Adjective[edit]

unimposing (comparative more unimposing, superlative most unimposing)

  1. Not imposing; not grand or magnificent; modest.
    • 1959 June, J. F. Oxley, D. R. Smith, “The Nottingham-Kettering line of the L.M.R.”, in Trains Illustrated, page 320:
      Melton Mowbray station, ½ mile east of the junction, is an unimposing and cramped structure with up and down platforms only and express trains which call there have to draw up twice because of the short platform lengths.