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Inconspicuous definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

INCONSPIC'UOUS, a. [in and conspicuous.]
1. Not discernible; not to be perceived by the sight.
2. Not conspicuous.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: not prominent or readily noticeable; "he pushed the string through an inconspicuous hole"; "the invisible man" [syn: inconspicuous, invisible] [ant: conspicuous]

Merriam Webster's

adjective Etymology: Latin inconspicuus, from in- + conspicuus conspicuous Date: 1648 not readily noticeable • inconspicuously adverb • inconspicuousness noun

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. 1 not conspicuous; not easily noticed. 2 Bot. (of flowers) small, pale, or green. Derivatives: inconspicuously adv. inconspicuousness n. Etymology: L inconspicuus (as IN-(1), CONSPICUOUS)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Inconspicuous In`con*spic"u*ous, a. [L. inconspicuus. See In- not, and Conspicuous.] Not conspicuous or noticeable; hardly discernible. -- In`con*spic"u*ous*ly, adv. -- In`con*spic"u*ous*ness, n. --Boyle.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

1. Someone who is inconspicuous does not attract attention to themselves. I'll try to be as inconspicuous as possible... = unobtrusive ? conspicuous ADJ • inconspicuously I sat inconspicuously in a corner. ADV: ADV after v 2. Something that is inconspicuous is not easily seen or does not attract attention because it is small, ordinary, or hidden away. ...an inconspicuous grey building. = unobtrusive ? conspicuous ADJ

Moby Thesaurus

blear, bleared, bleary, blurred, blurry, confused, dark, dim, discreet, faint, feeble, filmy, foggy, fuzzy, half-seen, half-visible, hazy, ill-defined, indefinite, indistinct, indistinguishable, insignificant, low-profile, merely glimpsed, misty, modest, obscure, out of focus, pale, semivisible, shadowy, unassuming, uncertain, unclear, undefined, undistinguished, unemphatic, unnoticeable, unnoticed, unobtrusive, unostentatious, unplain, unrecognizable, vague, weak