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US
/ˌɪŋˈkɑnspɪkwəs/
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[ UK /ɪnkənspˈɪkjuːəs/ ]
[ UK /ɪnkənspˈɪkjuːəs/ ]
ADJECTIVE
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not prominent or readily noticeable
the invisible man
the invisible man
he pushed the string through an inconspicuous hole
How To Use inconspicuous In A Sentence
- Her comfort was far less important than her inconspicuousness. Beautiful Disaster
- Thallus of very minute inconspicuous and evanescent, brown-black granules; apothecia minute, 0.2 to 0.4 mm. in diameter, adnate, dark brown to black, scattered or clustered, plain with a thin concolorous exciple visible, to convex with the exciple finally covered; hypothecium dark brown; hymenium pale brown; asci clavate; paraphyses coherent-indistinct; spores oblong-ellipsoid, 9 to 15 mic. long and 5 to Ohio Biological Survey, Bull. 10, Vol. 11, No. 6 The Ascomycetes of Ohio IV and V
- The flowers are for the most part conspicuous, and in plan like that of the adder's-tongue; but some, like the rushes (Fig. 83, _E_), have small, inconspicuous flowers; and others, like the yams and smilaxes, have flowers of two kinds, male and female. Elements of Structural and Systematic Botany For High Schools and Elementary College Courses
- The instances are inconspicuous, but do make for a slight forcing of the effect towards hyperbole.
- As long as a pupil is quiet, inconspicuous and conformist, everything is fine.
- Like its grifter characters, it's only as flashy as it needs to be and knows the value of being inconspicuous.
- Remember peroxide is bleach so test an inconspicuous spot first for color fastness.
- Even on reefs, most species of host actinians are inconspicuous, unlike their partner fish.
- With its small garden courtyard, the club looked, from the outside, more like an inconspicuous Renaissance home than a den of dance iniquity.
- Effluent discharges are often made inconspicuous by buildings or the frequent disappearance of the watercourse into culverts.