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inconspicuous
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English
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Late Latin incōnspicuus. Equivalent to in- + conspicuous.
Pronunciation
Adjective
inconspicuous (comparative more inconspicuous, superlative most inconspicuous)
- Invisible. [from 1620s]
- Antonym: visible
- Not prominent nor easily noticeable. [from 1828]
- Antonym: conspicuous
- 2004, Shell Oil Company, Let's Collect Rocks and Shells, Kessinger Publishing Co., page 9:
- Approaching danger, whether from octopus, fish or man, arouses caution in a small mollusk and it becomes as inconspicuous as it can.
Derived terms
Translations
not prominent or easily noticeable
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See also
Further reading
- Douglas Harper (2001–2025), “inconspicuous”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
- “inconspicuous”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
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