inconspicuous

English

Etymology

First attested circa 17th century, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl]  inconspicuus, from in-, "not" + (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin conspicuus, "conspicuous." Modern sense of "not easily noticeable" is from 1828.

Pronunciation

• enPR: ĭn'kən-spĭkʹyo͞o-əs, IPA^(key): /ˌɪn.kənˈspɪk.ju.əs/

Adjective

inconspicuous (comparative more inconspicuous, superlative most inconspicuous)

1. Not prominent nor easily noticeable
   • 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.

Synonyms

• invisible

Antonyms

• conspicuous

Related terms

• inconspicuousness

Translations

not prominent or easily noticeable

• Bulgarian: незабележим (bg) (nezabeležim), незабелязващ се (nezabeljazvašt se), неотличим (neotličim), неотличаващ се (neotličavašt se)
• Czech: nenápadný m
• Dutch: onopvallend (nl)
• Finnish: huomiota herättämätön, huomaamaton (fi)
• French: discret (fr) m
• German: unauffällig (de)
• Hungarian: alig észrevehető, nem feltűnő, feltűnésmentes, diszkrét (hu), semleges (hu), jellegtelen, jelentéktelen (hu), észrevétlen (hu), észrevehetetlen (hu)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Norwegian: upåfallende
• Polish: niepozorny (pl) m, nierzucający się w oczy
• Portuguese: discreto (pt) m, inconspícuo (pt) m
• Russian: незаме́тный (ru) (nezamétnyj)
• Spanish: disimulado (es), desapercibido (es), discreto (es)
• Swedish: oansenlig (sv), diskret (sv), tillbakadragen (sv), undangömd, fördold (sv), dold (sv), förstulen (sv), omärklig

See also

• obscure
• unnoticeable