Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Not readily noticeable.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Not conspicuous or readily discernible; not to be easily perceived by the sight; so small or unobtrusive as readily to escape notice.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Not conspicuous or noticeable; hardly discernible.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Not
prominent or easilynoticeable
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective not prominent or readily noticeable
Etymologies
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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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