False-modesty meaning

Behavior that is intended to seem humble but comes across as fake and unflattering.

Although having a large ego is considered undesirable, at times it is proper to take credit where it is due rather than display false modesty.

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Sentence Examples

  • This feeling arose from no false modesty.

  • I've never been a believer in false modesty.

  • wrestlehile wrestling bouts and athletic training in ancient Greece would have been naked here we get false modesty.

  • And while wrestling bouts and athletic training in ancient Greece would have been naked here we get false modesty.

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