inconspicuous

[ in-kuhn-spik-yoo-uhs ]

/ ˌɪn kənˈspɪk yu əs /

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adjective

not conspicuous, noticeable, or prominent.

OTHER WORDS FOR inconspicuous

unnoticeable, unobtrusive, unostentatious.

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Origin of inconspicuous

From the Latin word inconspicuus, dating back to 1615–25. See in-³, conspicuous

OTHER WORDS FROM inconspicuous

in·con·spic·u·ous·ly, adverbin·con·spic·u·ous·ness, noun

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How to use inconspicuous in a sentence

Thus was OK inconspicuously born into the world, on March 23, 1839, in the pages of a cantankerous Boston newspaper.
OK, O.K., Okay|Denver Nicks|December 9, 2010|DAILY BEAST
Their strategy, were they to try to board a plane with a weapon, would be to dress as inconspicuously as possible.
Hey, That's My Line|Ben Greenman|November 16, 2010|DAILY BEAST
Larrys share ended there, and Larry himself exited from the scene of his first command quite inconspicuously on a stretcher.
Grapes of wrath|Boyd Cable
He was of medium height, stockily built, inconspicuously dressed in a blue short-sleeved tunic, gray slacks and sandals.
The Sensitive Man|Poul William Anderson

Inconspicuously, he worked his hand down through the sand bottom of the prison.
Operation Terror|William Fitzgerald Jenkins
I had to evolve some scheme, and evolve it rapidly, how we might drop most inconspicuously into the world across the water.
Tono Bungay|H. G. Wells
As for Chief Manning, his genius for directing his subordinates is inconspicuously employed all the time.
The Substitute Prisoner|Max Marcin

British Dictionary definitions for inconspicuous

inconspicuous

/ (ˌɪnkənˈspɪkjʊəs) /

adjective

not easily noticed or seen; not prominent or striking

Derived forms of inconspicuous

inconspicuously, adverbinconspicuousness, noun

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