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Inconspicuous

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

adj. Not readily noticeable.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

adj. Not prominent or easily noticeable

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

adj. Not conspicuous or noticeable; hardly discernible.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

Not conspicuous or readily discernible; not to be easily perceived by the sight; so small or unobtrusive as readily to escape notice.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

adj. not prominent or readily noticeable

Word Usage

"And while a shy designer trying to be inconspicuous is certainly a logical possibility, he has a logical consequence that those who perceive his almost-but-not-quite-erased footprints should cut some slack for those who are having trouble seeing them."

Equivalent

unnoticeable obscure

Antonym

conspicuous

Cross Reference

unnoticeable obscure

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

unnoticeable invisible

Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

uneventful nondescript innocuous undistinguished unimportant