Meaning of inconspicuous in English - Cambridge Dictionary

not easily noticed or seen; not attracting attention: Agents placed the camera on a wall in an inconspicuous place. MeaningofinconspicuousinEnglish inconspicuousadjectiveuk Yourbrowserdoesn'tsupportHTML5audio /ˌɪn.kənˈspɪk.ju.əs/us Yourbrowserdoesn'tsupportHTML5audio /ˌɪn.kənˈspɪk.ju.əs/ noteasilyorquicklynoticedorseen,ornotattractingattention:Thistypeofbirdisveryinconspicuousbecauseofitsdullfeathers.Atparties,healwaysstandsinacornerandtriestolookinconspicuous.Opposite conspicuous Indistinct&invisible blur blurrily blurry fuzzily fuzziness ghosting imperceptible indiscernible indistinct melt melt(away)intosomething notseehidenorhairofsomeoneidiom smudged subtle super-subtle unapparent unclear unfocused unobtrusive vague Seemoreresults»   Wanttolearnmore? ImproveyourvocabularywithEnglishVocabularyinUsefromCambridge.Learnthewordsyouneedtocommunicatewithconfidence. Relatedword inconspicuously (DefinitionofinconspicuousfromtheCambridgeAdvancedLearner'sDictionary&Thesaurus©CambridgeUniversityPress) inconspicuous|AmericanDictionary inconspicuousadjectiveus Yourbrowserdoesn'tsupportHTML5audio /ˌɪn·kənˈspɪk·ju·əs/ noteasilynoticedorseen;notattractingattention:Agentsplacedthecameraonawallinaninconspicuousplace. (DefinitionofinconspicuousfromtheCambridgeAcademicContentDictionary©CambridgeUniversityPress) Examplesofinconspicuous inconspicuous Ofcourse,therearealwaysdifficultiesrecordingpeopleinreallifesituationswhiletryingtoremainasinconspicuousaspossible. FromtheCambridgeEnglishCorpus Whilede-severanceestablishesafocusonthingsasindividualentities,inanothersensewemaycomeclosertothingsthroughtheirinconspicuousfamiliarity. FromtheCambridgeEnglishCorpus Itisfromthecollectivityoftheseinconspicuouselementsthatasenseofopeningoremptinessemerges. FromtheCambridgeEnglishCorpus Stomataarepresentonsomeleaffragments,buttheyareinconspicuous. FromtheCambridgeEnglishCorpus Detectionofinconspicuousepiphyticalgaesupportingfoodwebsinseagrassmeadows. FromtheCambridgeEnglishCorpus Theoperculumisinconspicuous;itishighontheanteriorendandthejoinisseenasafineetchingintheshell. FromtheCambridgeEnglishCorpus Thisisprobablyduetothepoorhabituationofthegroupatthattimeandtheinconspicuousnatureofthebehaviour. FromtheCambridgeEnglishCorpus Markingoffclausesbytheplacementoflinebreaksisaseeminglyinconspicuousmeansofsyntacticcuing,yetthismanipulationisshowntohaveareliableimpactonfluentreading. FromtheCambridgeEnglishCorpus Becausemeso-andendoparasitesareoftensmallandinconspicuousandbecausetheymaycauselittle-to-novisibleimpactatthegrossmorphologicallevel,theymayeasilybeignoredbynon-specialists. FromtheCambridgeEnglishCorpus Thesuckersaresmallandinconspicuous. FromtheCambridgeEnglishCorpus Hanau,ontheotherhand,hadnointentionoftakinguponhimselfsoinconspicuousarole. FromtheCambridgeEnglishCorpus Suchsurfacefiresleavetheforestcanopyrelativelyintact,arerelativelyinconspicuoustoconventionaldeforestationmappingexercises,andarethusgenerallyconsideredtoberelativelybenigncomparedtocrownfires. FromtheCambridgeEnglishCorpus Palpislender,thirdsegmentslightlyswollenatapointjustbeyondthemiddle,sensorypitinconspicuous,fourthsegmentuniform,slightlylessthanthree-fourthsaslongasthethird. FromtheCambridgeEnglishCorpus Butcrooksevidentlyaren'tfolks-andneither,itseems,arecops:thejargonofpoliceofficersisasinconspicuousasthatofthe'perps'they'collar'. FromtheCambridgeEnglishCorpus But,despitetheinconspicuousandpurelytechnicalimpressionitgives,italsorepresentsanimportantsocialchallenge. FromEuroparlParallelCorpus-English Theseexamplesarefromcorporaandfromsourcesontheweb.AnyopinionsintheexamplesdonotrepresenttheopinionoftheCambridgeDictionaryeditorsorofCambridgeUniversityPressoritslicensors. Translationsofinconspicuous inChinese(Traditional) 不顯眼的，不引人注目的… Seemore inChinese(Simplified) 不显眼的，不引人注目的… Seemore inSpanish discreto,quenollamalaatención… Seemore inPortuguese quenãochamaatenção,discreto,imperceptível… Seemore inTurkish inFrench inCzech inDanish inIndonesian inThai inVietnamese inPolish inMalay inGerman inNorwegian inUkrainian inRussian inItalian gözeçarpmaz,dikkatçekmeyen,silik… Seemore inapparent,discret… Seemore nenápadný… Seemore ikkeiøjefaldende… Seemore tidakmenonjol… Seemore ซึ่งไม่สะดุดตา… Seemore kínđáo… Seemore niepozorny,niezauważalny… Seemore tidakmudahdilihat… Seemore unauffällig… Seemore ubetydelig,ikkelettåfåøyepå… Seemore непримітний,непоказний… Seemore незаметный,небросающийсявглаза… Seemore discreto,(chenondànell’occhio)… Seemore Needatranslator? Getaquick,freetranslation! 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