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- adjective Not
vain .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Tilly Tremayne is a funny, wise Jewish mother and wife, and Susannah Wise, a superb, completely unvain Ruth, the Harvard-trained barrister.
The Agony and the Ecstasy of Turbulent Family Life Paul Levy 2011
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'The great thing about Russell is that he's so unvain.
Please Kill Fee Me: The Scary Rise of Celebrity Journalism Dilettantes 2009
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'The great thing about Russell is that he's so unvain.
Please Kill Fee Me: The Scary Rise of Celebrity Journalism Dilettantes 2009
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For the man about whom Carly Simon is said to have written "You're So Vain," Bulworth is an astonishingly unvain movie.
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"You mustn't make her vain," said Anna-Rose, trying not to smile all over her face, while Anna-Felicitas remained as manifestly unvain as a person intent on something else would be.
Christopher and Columbus Elizabeth von Arnim 1903
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'The great thing about Russell is that he's so unvain.
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'The great thing about Russell is that he's so unvain.
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And you seem to me like an actor who's particularly unvain, unafraid to show the ugly side of himself.
Psychology Today <a href="/blog/bloggers/jay-dixit" title="View Bio 2009
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And you seem to me like an actor who's particularly unvain, unafraid to show the ugly side of himself.
Psychology Today 2009
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