Modest
adjective
Not large or extreme in amount or size.
They live in a modest house.
adjective
Acting in a way that does not attract attention to oneself or to one's abilities or status.
Despite her successes, she remains modest.
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Approving
adjective
Not dressed in a manner to attract sexual attention.
She feels comfortable in modest clothing.
adjective
Having a limited or moderate view of your own importance or abilities.
He's very modest about his achievements.
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Approving
adjective
Unassuming or moderate in the estimation of one's abilities or achievements.
He has a modest view of his own capabilities.
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Approving
adjective
Not large or extreme in amount or size.
They live in a modest house.
adjective
Acting in a way that does not attract attention to oneself or to one's abilities or status.
Despite her successes, she remains modest.
Usage tips
Approving
adjective
Not dressed in a manner to attract sexual attention.
She feels comfortable in modest clothing.
adjective
Having a limited or moderate view of your own importance or abilities.
He's very modest about his achievements.
Usage tips
Approving
adjective
Unassuming or moderate in the estimation of one's abilities or achievements.
He has a modest view of his own capabilities.
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Approving
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Pro Tip 1/2Measuring Scale
Use 'modest' when indicating that something is medium-sized or reasonable, not too big or small.
He received a modest salary increase.
Pro Tip 2/2Avoiding Exaggeration
Describe quantities without overemphasizing; 'modest' suggests a balanced or fair amount.
The company made a modest profit last quarter.
Pro Tip 1/2Measuring Scale
Use 'modest' when indicating that something is medium-sized or reasonable, not too big or small.
He received a modest salary increase.
Pro Tip 2/2Avoiding Exaggeration
Describe quantities without overemphasizing; 'modest' suggests a balanced or fair amount.
The company made a modest profit last quarter.
Pro Tip 1/2Measuring Scale
Use 'modest' when indicating that something is medium-sized or reasonable, not too big or small.
He received a modest salary increase.
Pro Tip 2/2Avoiding Exaggeration
Describe quantities without overemphasizing; 'modest' suggests a balanced or fair amount.
The company made a modest profit last quarter.
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And then I'm going spend perhaps the second half of the talk talking about, you know, how we might actually be able to prove that fatalism is wrong, namely, by actually doing something about it. I'm going to do that in two steps. The first one I'm going to talk about is how to get from a relatively modest amount of life extension --
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How to make hard choices...
But I came from a modest immigrant family where my idea of luxury was having a pork tongue and jelly sandwich in my school lunchbox, so the thought of spending my whole life sitting around in armchairs just thinking Well, that struck me as the height of extravagance and frivolity.
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Adorable Cheetah...
much of a problem with the river it was sambal the one with the white tip on his tail who most of the time was proving to be the leader when it came to dealing with trouble who seized up when he was faced with even the most modest of streams
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How America's public...
For years, I tried desperately to cultivate in my kids a love of reading. I'd amassed a modest classroom library of books I'd accumulated from secondhand shops, thrift stores, attics -- you know. But whenever I said those dreadful words,
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HIV and flu -- the...
first time we saw an AIDS vaccine work in humans albeit quite modestly and that particular vaccine was made almost a decade ago newer concepts in early testing now show even greater promise in the best of our animal models but in the
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Bill Gates: The next...
that could work very, very quickly. Now I don't have an exact budget for what this would cost, but I'm quite sure it's very modest compared to the potential harm. The World Bank estimates that if we have a worldwide flu epidemic,
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Giving checkmate is...
male-dominated sport was it realistic from my parents to think that I can become the ultimate world chess champion both of my parents are teachers we lived in Hungary modest conditions behind the
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Lesley Hazleton: The...
what's clear is that he did experience them, and that he did so with a force that would shatter his sense of himself and his world and transform this otherwise modest man
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To Climb the World PIPE...
a very modest guy and um you know you notice that he didn't really say a whole lot about himself there but you know he is also a world-class athlete in his own
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Michael Sandel: Why we...
marketizing every aspect of life leads to a condition where those who are affluent and those who are of modest means increasingly live separate lives.
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A roadmap to end aging PIPE...
And then I'm going spend perhaps the second half of the talk talking about, you know, how we might actually be able to prove that fatalism is wrong, namely, by actually doing something about it. I'm going to do that in two steps. The first one I'm going to talk about is how to get from a relatively modest amount of life extension --
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How to make hard choices...
But I came from a modest immigrant family where my idea of luxury was having a pork tongue and jelly sandwich in my school lunchbox, so the thought of spending my whole life sitting around in armchairs just thinking Well, that struck me as the height of extravagance and frivolity.
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Adorable Cheetah...
much of a problem with the river it was sambal the one with the white tip on his tail who most of the time was proving to be the leader when it came to dealing with trouble who seized up when he was faced with even the most modest of streams
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How America's public...
For years, I tried desperately to cultivate in my kids a love of reading. I'd amassed a modest classroom library of books I'd accumulated from secondhand shops, thrift stores, attics -- you know. But whenever I said those dreadful words,
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HIV and flu -- the...
first time we saw an AIDS vaccine work in humans albeit quite modestly and that particular vaccine was made almost a decade ago newer concepts in early testing now show even greater promise in the best of our animal models but in the
Video examples
Bill Gates: The next...
that could work very, very quickly. Now I don't have an exact budget for what this would cost, but I'm quite sure it's very modest compared to the potential harm. The World Bank estimates that if we have a worldwide flu epidemic,
Video examples
Giving checkmate is...
male-dominated sport was it realistic from my parents to think that I can become the ultimate world chess champion both of my parents are teachers we lived in Hungary modest conditions behind the
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Lesley Hazleton: The...
what's clear is that he did experience them, and that he did so with a force that would shatter his sense of himself and his world and transform this otherwise modest man
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To Climb the World PIPE...
a very modest guy and um you know you notice that he didn't really say a whole lot about himself there but you know he is also a world-class athlete in his own
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Michael Sandel: Why we...
marketizing every aspect of life leads to a condition where those who are affluent and those who are of modest means increasingly live separate lives.
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J. Cole
American Musician
There was the time I bought three cars in the span of three or four weeks. It was crazy; it wasn't greedy. It was mine, my girl's, my mom's. I got Benzes for my ladies. But I felt crazy. You have to understand I come from a world where we're very modest. But that's not greedy. That's nice, right?
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Donald Rumsfeld
American Politician
Oh my goodness gracious, what you can buy off the Internet in terms of overhead photography. A trained ape can know an awful lot of what is going on in this world, just by punching on his mouse, for a relatively modest cost.
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Maya Angelou
American Poet
Timidity makes a person modest. It makes him or her say, 'I'm not worthy of being written up in the record of deeds in heaven or on earth.' Timidity keeps people from their good. They are afraid to say, 'Yes, I deserve it.
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Sonia Sotomayor
American Judge
I've never wanted to get adjusted to my income, because I knew I wanted to go back to public service. And in comparison to what my mother earns and how I was raised, it's not modest at all. I have no right to complain.
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Margaret Thatcher
English Leader
I just owe almost everything to my father and it's passionately interesting for me that the things that I learned in a small town, in a very modest home, are just the things that I believe have won the election.
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Al Pacino
American Actor
All due respect and trying to be as modest as I can be, I am a dancer. But I don't think I would be on 'Dancing with the Stars,' mainly because I would be too shy.
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Morgan Freeman
American Actor
People hear that and say I'm being modest, but I am not a modest person, but I have to be truthful about what I'm doing and what I'm doing is channeling.
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P. J. O'Rourke
American Comedian
College professors used to be badly paid and worth it. Colleges used to be modest institutions; they should go back to being modest institutions.
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Lakhdar Brahimi
Algerian Public Servant
Be modest, be respectful of others, try to understand.
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William Shakespeare
English Playwright
Modest doubt is called the beacon of the wise.
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J. Cole
American Musician
There was the time I bought three cars in the span of three or four weeks. It was crazy; it wasn't greedy. It was mine, my girl's, my mom's. I got Benzes for my ladies. But I felt crazy. You have to understand I come from a world where we're very modest. But that's not greedy. That's nice, right?
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Donald Rumsfeld
American Politician
Oh my goodness gracious, what you can buy off the Internet in terms of overhead photography. A trained ape can know an awful lot of what is going on in this world, just by punching on his mouse, for a relatively modest cost.
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Maya Angelou
American Poet
Timidity makes a person modest. It makes him or her say, 'I'm not worthy of being written up in the record of deeds in heaven or on earth.' Timidity keeps people from their good. They are afraid to say, 'Yes, I deserve it.
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Sonia Sotomayor
American Judge
I've never wanted to get adjusted to my income, because I knew I wanted to go back to public service. And in comparison to what my mother earns and how I was raised, it's not modest at all. I have no right to complain.
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Margaret Thatcher
English Leader
I just owe almost everything to my father and it's passionately interesting for me that the things that I learned in a small town, in a very modest home, are just the things that I believe have won the election.
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Al Pacino
American Actor
All due respect and trying to be as modest as I can be, I am a dancer. But I don't think I would be on 'Dancing with the Stars,' mainly because I would be too shy.
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Morgan Freeman
American Actor
People hear that and say I'm being modest, but I am not a modest person, but I have to be truthful about what I'm doing and what I'm doing is channeling.
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P. J. O'Rourke
American Comedian
College professors used to be badly paid and worth it. Colleges used to be modest institutions; they should go back to being modest institutions.
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Lakhdar Brahimi
Algerian Public Servant
Be modest, be respectful of others, try to understand.
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William Shakespeare
English Playwright
Modest doubt is called the beacon of the wise.
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