inobtrusive
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of inobtrusive
Example Sentences
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More often, though, the camera’s positioning, movement and focus are inobtrusive.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 16, 2023
Paar kept saying: "I don't know what to do," and Rooney claimed: "I'm not trying to be inobtrusive."
From Time Magazine Archive
Young, and artless, and innocent, meaning no harm, and thinking none; affectionate as a smiling infant—playful, yet inobtrusive, as a weaned lamb—everybody loved her.
From The Works of Charles Lamb in Four Volumes, Volume 4 by Charles Lamb
It enabled him to detect accessible moments, do inobtrusive friendly services, and above all amuse his quarry.
From The Research Magnificent by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells
He is the oldest frequenter of the place, the latest sitter-up, well-informed, inobtrusive, and that sturdy old English character, a lover of truth and justice.
From Table Talk Essays on Men and Manners by William Hazlitt
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