unassuming

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Tim Cook may not have had the same flash as Steve Jobs, but he wielded an unassuming superpower that helped grow Apple into a $4 trillion juggernaut.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 21, 2026

A South African businessman so unassuming you would struggle to pick him out in the directors' box – not that he sat in it much.

From BBC • Apr. 6, 2026

She describes her personal experiences with an insight, vulnerability and openness that is reminiscent of the raw emotions of Peet’s recent performances, which traffic in an understated, unassuming power.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 2, 2026

Based on the novel by Bernard MacLaverty and written by Mr. MacLaverty and Nick Payne, Ms. Findlay’s work is nevertheless so delicate as to be slight, so unassuming as to be unsatisfying.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 19, 2026

Then an unassuming voice rose from the middle of the room: “Half a million.”

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann