Adjective : a pompous minor official. ,a pompous speech. From Dictionary.com.
At least, though, she deals with some of the problems in a serious but accessible and unpompous way, without using technical terms like ‘rigid designator’ (surely that is (pace you) a point in her favour), and she gives good links as pointers – to scholarly, often the original, articles, not just to Wikipedia. From Wordnik.com. [Perils of pop philosophy] Reference
But by and large, speech radio in Britain is a marvel: civil, unpatronising, unpompous. From Wordnik.com. [Telegraph.co.uk: news business sport the Daily Telegraph newspaper Sunday Telegraph] Reference
As for Clive Pritchard, he bicycles to his office every day and has become quite unpompous. From Wordnik.com. [Mrs. Miniver] Reference
"On a subject where there is plenty of pomposity to go around, I think he's a pretty unpompous guy," Hartman said. From Wordnik.com. [Salon] Reference
But in a short time, Vinius, by declaring to him that these noble, unpompous, citizen-like ways were a mere affectation of popularity and a petty bashfulness at assuming his proper greatness, induced him to make use of Nero’s supplies, and in his entertainments not to be afraid of a regal sumptuosity. From Wordnik.com. [The Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romans] Reference
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