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  • a  having or showing an exaggerated opinion of your importance, ability, etc
    brash immodest boasting
  • a  offending against sexual mores in conduct or appearance

  • Unabashed seeking of the Presidency is still considered immodest.
  • BOB GELDOF Not to be immodest, but the first one was perfect in almost every sense.
  • What actually constitutes "immodest fashion" the Twelve Orders leave to be construed by the local ordinaries of dioceses, as circumstances may require.
News & Articles

  • How Big Brown's People Nearly Pulled Off Horse Racing's Biggest Scam
    As 95-degree temperatures baked a crowd of nearly 100,000 at the 2008 Belmont Stakes—the hottest June 7 on record—the only person who seemed unfazed was Richard Dutrow Jr., the trainer of Big Brown, an undefeated colt just 12 furlongs from the first Triple Crown in three decades. With history against him, Dutrow remained immodest. It was a foregone conclusion, he said. "He cannot be beat." The ...
    June 7, 2013 - Deadspin
Quotes

  • Bob Geldof in Malaysia Star
    Not to be immodest, but the first one was perfect in almost every sense,Geldof told the latest edition of Time magazine. "Artistically, people seemed to up the ante, and the performances were pretty great across the board. Huge amounts of...
  • John Rhys-Davies in CNN
    Speaking for "Rings," John Rhys-Davies, Gimli in the movie, said, "At the risk of sounding immodest, we deserved this award. This is the most enormous undertaking in film history."
  • Chris Kluwe in Minneapolis Star Tribune
    I don't want to sound immodest, but I think you could make that claim if you wanted to,Kluwe said. "I've broken pretty much all of the records I can so far. And I'm trying to get better every year."

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