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Vocabulary

Unsettling humility

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What does " Unsettling humility" mean in this sentence?

"Biography, by contrast, has until recently shown no such unsettling humility."

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MustAsk What does " Unsettling humility" mean Just what it says, I guess, humility that causes one to feel uneasy, insecure.

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MustAskWhat does " Unsettling humility" mean
Just what it says, I guess, humility that causes one to feel uneasy, insecure.
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MustAskBiography, by contrast, has until recently shown no such unsettling humility.
The writer probably thinks that the kind of humility mentioned earlier in his text has something vaguely wrong or upsetting about it. Maybe it was an effusive, exaggerated humility where exaggeration was uncalled for. I don't know because I don't know what was written before
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