Inconspicuous Definition

inkənspikyo͝oəs
adjective
Not conspicuous; hard to see or perceive; attracting little attention; not striking.
Webster's New World

Not prominent nor easily noticeable.

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Origin of Inconspicuous

  • First attested circa 17th century, from Late Latin inconspicuus, from in-, "not" + Latin conspicuus, "conspicuous." Modern sense of "not easily noticeable" is from 1828.

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Inconspicuous Sentence Examples

  • I tried to remain inconspicuous as I leaned against a back wall, my mind still in turmoil.

  • He played an inconspicuous role in the council of the Five Hundred.

  • It has large compound leaves composed of four or five pairs, with a terminal odd one, of short-stalked, oblong, blunt, leathery leaflets, and inconspicuous green flowers.

  • The nest is a slight hollow in the ground, wonderfully inconspicuous even when deepened, as is usually the case, by incubation, and the blackspotted olive eggs (four in number) are almost invisible to the careless or untrained eye.

  • It has narrow, shortstalked leaves and inconspicuous, apetalous, unisexual flowers borne in short spikes.

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