modest
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3.3
- adjective
- /ˈmɒdɪst/
:
modesto
- He lived in a modest house, which reflected his simple lifestyle.
- a modest success
- a modest increase
- a modest amount
Those don't sound like very modest or limited approaches.
- Those don't sound like very modest or limited approaches.
- One is you said that there should be a more modest legislation.
- Sometimes it's it's very modest, not a big deal.
- So nobody's really on that problem except for FDA's own fairly modest research budget.
- They bind and they may have a modest effect, but they don't cure cancer.
- And we spent the last week testing to see just how modest a machine you can use.
- So buy a car, buy a modest house.
- The evidence that they can cause cancer is modest.
- But what is interesting is they both got the same modest weight loss.
- Enabled what wish to enable people of modest means to make to to buy a home.
- It's just a simple modest sized cell that lasts a reasonable amount of time.
- And I would like to see the rather modest home where where Elvis Presley was born.
Examples
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This is much too modest for me.
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He lives in a house that is very modest, very middle class.
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I can have a modest car, a modest watch.
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In fact, Russia did see a modest drop in output in the following years.
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I stayed at a a very modest accommodation.
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Tonight, the bidding will begin at a modest price of $10 million U.S.
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Gains had been made, sure, but they were modest and the losses were high.
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The taxes paid by the rich, by contrast, were modest in relation to their means.
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It's amazing what you've done with such a modest budget.
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We lived in a normal, middle class Chicago neighborhood of tasteful, modest homes.
Synonyms
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1.0
Not large in size or amount
91
3.4
From a low social rank or simple background
30
2.7
Used for projects or models that are not large
20
5.8
A person or thing that is not proud and not showy
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2.7
Simple and plain without anything special or expensive
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5.1
Simple and honest in style and not trying to impress people
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6.8
Simple and not decorated in style
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7.8
Simple and modest in style and not trying to attract attention
Antonyms
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3.4
Causing people to admire it, like a building or performance, because it is very good
Compounds
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Etymology
The word modest comes from Latin modestus, from modus 'measure', and shares the same root as moderate. So modest describes something that is not large or showy but simple and limited.