Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adj. Not readily noticeable.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Not conspicuous or readily discernible; not to be easily perceived by the sight; so small or unobtrusive as readily to escape notice.
Wiktionary
- adj. Not prominent or easily noticeable
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. Not conspicuous or noticeable; hardly discernible.
WordNet 3.0
- adj. not prominent or readily noticeable
Etymologies
- First attested circa 17th century, from Late Latin inconspicuus, from in-, "not" + Latin conspicuus, "conspicuous." Modern sense of "not easily noticeable" is from 1828. (Wiktionary)
Examples
“We pranked a co-worker that none of us could stand by smearing sour cream in inconspicuous areas on and around his desk, (inside the mouthpiece of his telephone, on his pens, etc).”
EXTRALIFE – By Scott Johnson - Someone cookie / wrapped my car
“And while a shy designer trying to be inconspicuous is certainly a logical possibility, he has a logical consequence that those who perceive his almost-but-not-quite-erased footprints should cut some slack for those who are having trouble seeing them.”
“Sticky Fingers is taking orders for a slew of savory vegan sides and desserts you can bring to Thanksgiving dinner; owner Doron Greenblatt says the sides are "inconspicuous" -- so your fellow feasters will never know there's soy milk in the mashed potatoes.”
“Visually inconspicuous, that is, but evident to anyone with a good nose.”
“Similarly, the word 'inconspicuous', in Heidegger's later writings, indicates something other than being hidden or obscured in the obvious way that features of the earth or soil, to which the gardener must attend, may be.”
“Ask the seller to email you a photo of the object if you are not clear about certain statements such as inconspicuous this or soiled that.”
“Editorially it attacked Bright's position, belittling the speech for having been made at the one "inconspicuous" place where the orator would be sure of a warm welcome, and asking why Manchester or”
“The guards try to be inconspicuous, which isn’t all that hard: carrying a sidearm in Baghdad is roughly equivalent to carrying a Leatherman in the States.”
“Counter-intuitive as it may seem, and notwithstanding the vast excesses of luxury into which they were haplessly born, the Queen and her kind specialise in a kind of inconspicuous non-consumption.”
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“He was kind of inconspicuous until it was time to show off his trampoline dunk skills in the fourth quarter.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘inconspicuous’.
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avfordomd's list
lexicon
copacetic, amiable, philanthropic, misanthropic, gregarious, vehement, parcel, congregate, paucity, passel, multitudinous, pulchritudinous and 98 more...
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maygra
apropos, advantageous, perception, discombobulated, adumbrate, apogee, perihelion, mortmain, solitudinous, mediastinus, asumbrative, traveler and 498 more...
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Playa
schadenfreude, quixotic, serendipity, loquacious, ubiquitous, aforementioned, inherently, superfluous, dissonance, tersely, poignant, plethora and 108 more...
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SAT PSAT ALPHABETICAL I
iconoclast, idiosyncrasy, ignoble, ignominious, illicit, illusory, illustrious, imbibe, imbue, immaculate, immaterial, immolate and 155 more...
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List Erine
cool mint antiseptic
shalom, cattywampus, bourgeoisie, aerophile, traverse, grotto, epicurean, ex cathedra, nautilus, epitaph, lathe, continuum and 753 more...
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Rilakkuma's list
The Velvetine Ruffians
gamine, waif, ruffian, villain, rake, libertine, velvetine, luminary, nom de plume, street urchin, epicurean, eventide and 256 more...
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Sat Vocabulary List
abandon, abash, abate, abjure, ablution, abnegate, abominable, aboriginal, abortive, abrade, abridge, abrogate and 2155 more...
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@vcb.etym.prjct - SAT PT #5 (new bk)
inane, scrutinze, attended, testify to, jeopardize, sustain, plentiful, ornate, multifarious, catalogue, anachronistic, extrapolate and 89 more...
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christy927's list
...all my favorite words...
chrysalis, mahogany, indigo, elysian, rubenesque, cataclysmic, scythe, archaic, gaelic, trollop, sycamore, canopy and 279 more...
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the list
nice words
alpenglow, inconspicuous, oceaning, glacial, impediment, darling, escapism, dahlia, haven
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MY LIST
ABHOR, BIGOT, KINDLE, NOXIOUS, BILK, NUANCE, ENGENDER, BILLOWING, COWER, HARANGUE, REPLETE, ABROGATE and 518 more...
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_mark's list
Words I like!
( personal list, favorite words, randomness )psy, nanobot, success, smack, vibration, microcosmic, springgraph, marksmanship, estranged, homoerotic, flex, fiasco and 1687 more...
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Words learnt on 14th Oct
eschew, improvident, promulgate, curmudgeon, perfunctory, polemical, gregarious, exaltation, rectitude, consanguinity, sententious, inconspicuous and 3 more...
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Words.
synesthesia, synaesthesia, twilit, twilight, abysmal, perpetual, mellifluous, incandescent, brilliant, radiant, articulate, discombobulated and 55 more...
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incandescent, inky, ivory, irony, irk, inkhorn, icicle, impish, illusion, illumination, indigo, immortal and 12 more...
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Sonjam30's Words
reciprocate, polar, ulogy, hoot, nice, dichotomy, facetious, lefty, cleft, phlegm, obliterate, hysterical and 5 more...
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