unpretended adjective3 •Without pretense; sincere; honest.Children do not expect to be praized. They would never relax their effort for production. Theirs is a free and unpretended self-expression. — 1960 •Based in fact; genuine; actual. •Without complication or embellishment; straightforward; simple and direct.The front side of the porticoes is shaded by a double-curved eave-cornice of unpretended beauty. — 1982 formsmore unpretended · most unpretended