The phrase "appears unassuming" is correct and usable in written English.
It is typically used to describe someone's demeanor or behavior as modest, humble, or lacking in pretense. Example: Despite his impressive credentials, the new CEO appeared unassuming, often sitting quietly in meetings and listening attentively to his team before speaking.
Doubles from $125 This handsome boutique hotel, the reinvention of a historic 1924 apartment building with Spanish accents, appears unassuming from the street but the interior is a must-see.
You might start out, as I did, with a drink at the Cove, a bar that appears unassuming from the outside but serves inventive cocktails like the Vampire, a take on the Bloody Mary, with tequila, tomato juice, red chili salt and balsamic vinegar.
It may be that, because Rowling is quite unassuming, she has not thought to learn the art of appearing unassuming in public.
He had no entourage (a rarity by hip-hop standards) and appeared unassuming in a plain T-shirt and jeans.
The audience appeared unassuming at first, Caldwell said, until a theater-goer yelled that someone had been shot.
Before he started calling himself Frankie Sunswept, Franklin Hoier and his wife Moselle Spiller appeared unassuming enough to be your next-door neighbors.
Blockading the ice road for 16 days this February might appear unassuming, but it was enough to make De Beers feel they're being "held hostage".
He fiddles with his glasses and appears so unassuming that you wonder how he persuaded two of the most famous and feted players in Hollywood to embrace his plan.
Fluffy spikes, like squirrels' tails, appear from unassuming grassy clumps and last for several months.
The peculiar thing about The Descendants (2011, Fox, 15), in which Alexander Payne either "went soft" or "grew up" depending on your point of view, is just how unassuming it appears for much of its running time.
No amount of money is going to guarantee sales, but if there's enough fuss about the book, it's more likely to be reviewed than the unassuming volume which appears with no fanfare.
