🔤 Pretentious ✨

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URDU

بناوٹی، دکھاوٹی، خود نما، جھوٹی شان والا، تکبر بھرا

🅰️ Roman Urdu:

banawati, dikhawati, khud numayan, jhooti shaan wala, takabbur bhara

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ENGLISH

📚adjective

pretentious

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PRONUNCIATION

Standard: /prɪˈtɛnʃəs/

Phonetic: /pri ten shus/

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DEFINITION

attempting to appear important, affected, showy, claiming greater importance than deserved

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EXAMPLE SENTENCES

The pretentious speech used complicated words without conveying meaningful ideas. He found the gallery pretentious because its exhibits lacked genuine artistic depth. Her pretentious manners made ordinary conversations unnecessarily uncomfortable. The restaurant’s pretentious menu disguised surprisingly simple traditional dishes. Avoid pretentious language when a clear explanation would communicate better.

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