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• A segregate becomes conspicuous once it is removed from its aggregate.From the entry segregate
• I felt uncomfortably conspicuous, since I was the only man in evening dress.From the entry evening dress
• A luncheonette in the shape of a coffee cup is particularly conspicuous, as is intended of an architectural duck or folly.From the entry duck
• The United States of America (USA) stands out as a conspicuous example.2026, “Unraveling The Democratic Era?”, in V-Dem Institute, archived from the original on 17 Mar 2026, pages 17, 18. From the entry autocratizer
• Although conspicuous, the flowers of Heuchera are somewhat beside the point.2024 November 12, Jessica Damiano, “There are flowers too? Some plants prized for foliage surprise gardeners with late-season blooms”, in…. From the entry coral bells
• And even in ordinary times, conspicuous consumption violates the principle of detachment.2022, W. David Marx, chapter 5, in Status and Culture, Viking, →ISBN. From the entry on the nose
• Against a cloudy sky, the Holy Cross Catholic Church is conspicuous yet reserved.2017 March 20, “Enriching Lives in Qingquan: Father Martinson”, in Ministry of Foreign Affairs Republic of China (Taiwan), archived from…. From the entry Qingquan
• This being the case, proof of cognation remains elusive even in the case of conspicuous lexical lookalikes.2014 October 18, Ante Aikio, “The Uralic-Yukaghir lexical correspondences: genetic inheritance, language contact or chance resemblance?”…. From the entry cognation
• All are marked with conspicuous wing tags which allowed them to be followed in the wild.2012, Aubrey Manning, Marian Stamp Dawkins, An Introduction to Animal Behaviour, page 47. From the entry Major Mitchell
• Distinguished from other slimelilies by the conspicuous warts at the base of the stem.2008, John C. Manning, Namaqualand. From the entry slime lily
• The most conspicuous cyclomorphosis involves the formation of body processes and spines or the development of crests.2007, Winfried Lampert, Limnoecology: The Ecology of Lakes and Streams, page 192. From the entry cyclomorphosis
• Peritrichia are sesscile species with no cilia on the body but conspicuous oral ciliatures.2004, N. F. Gray, Biology Of Wastewater Treatment, page 381. From the entry ciliature
• The plumage pattern of the red-backed shrike male is conspicuous from a long distance.1993, E. Curio, “Proximate and Developmental Aspects of Antipredator Behavior”, in Advances in the Study of Behavior, volume 22, San…. From the entry eyestripe
• As was mentioned on p.31, value-judgments are generally considered the most conspicuous source of subjectivity in historiography.1991, Els Elffers-van Ketel, The Historiography of Grammatical Concepts, Rodopi, page 51. From the entry historiography
• The most conspicuous medusa in our coastal waters is the cabbagehead, Stomolophus meleagris (Figure 11.4).1989, Nick Fotheringham, Susan B. Rothschild, Beachcomber's Guide to Gulf Coast Marine Life, page 95. From the entry cabbagehead
• In some groups a schemochrome overlies a conspicuous biochrome, with spectacular effect.1975, Howe, William H, Bauer, David L, The Butterflies of North America, Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, page 19. From the entry schemochrome
• The new "Palvans" are conspicuous as they have been liveried in the customer's own special green colour.1961 April, “New "Palvans" for Izal”, in Trains Illustrated, page 229. From the entry palletisation
• Linkman and Laver in Budge Row, perhaps—reliable, not too conspicuous, only nodding acquaintances.1922, John Galsworthy, The Forsyte Saga, part 3, ch. 5. From the entry nodding acquaintance
• The innate reluctance of the Englishman to make himself conspicuous has stood him here in good stead.1921 October, Maxwell H. H. Macartney, “An Ex-Enemy in Berlin to-Day”, in The Atlantic. From the entry mufti
• The Olympic Toy Emporium occupied a conspicuous frontage in an important West End street.1919, Saki [pseudonym; Hector Hugh Munro], “Morlvera”, in R[othay] R[eynolds], editor, The Toys of Peace and Other Papers. […], London…. From the entry emporium
• In the heart of the Commonwealth this pride is conspicuous, and Mr.1908, Francis Cabot Lowell with Henry Pickering Walcott and Ezra Ripley Thayer, Sons of the Puritans: a group of brief biographies, page 3. From the entry pride of place
• It is the effect generally known as conspicuous consumption.2020, Judy Whitehead, Microeconomics: A Global Text, Routledge, →ISBN, page 111. From the entry Veblen effect
• The difference between the egression power plots representing the acoustic glory and those representing the quiet Sun are fairly conspicuous.2012, A.-C. Donea, C. Lindsey, D.C. Braun, “Stochastic Seismic Emission from Acoustic Glories and the Quiet Sun”, in Zdenek Svestka, John…. From the entry egression
• But breeding males, like this northern black korhaan (right, PP) give themselves away with raucous and conspicuous displays.2011, Mike Unwin, photograh caption, Southern African Wildlife, page 140. From the entry korhaan
• Another conspicuous feature of Romanian noun morphology is the class of ambigeneric nouns, masculine when singular and feminine when plural.2010, Ti Alkire, Carol Rosen, Romance Languages: A Historical Introduction, page 282. From the entry ambigeneric
• No hair-shirt ascetiscism, but far less consumerism, less shopping for the sake of shopping, less conspicuous consumption, less waste.2005 November 6, Juliette Jowit, “Porritt warns greens to mend 'negative' ways”, in The Observer, →ISSN. From the entry hairshirt
• I don't want to pay the freight on the kind of conspicuous consumption that thrives on Mercedes or Jaguars.1990, J. A. Jance, Minor in Possession, page 168. From the entry pay the freight
• Pickpockets dislike being watched, even by those who may be "right," because they become uneasy and clumsy and feel conspicuous.1977, Robert S. Weppner, Street ethnography, page 70. From the entry cannon
• The junk was nearer, beating in toward the island, her brown batwing sail suddenly tall and terribly conspicuous against the sky.1977, John Le Carré, The Honourable Schoolboy, Folio Society, published 2010, page 491. From the entry batwing
• The boletes, or fleshy pore fungi, are a conspicuous element of the summer and fall "mushroom" flora of Michigan.1971, Alexander Hanchett Smith, Harry Delbert Thiers, The Boletes of Michigan, University of Michigan Press, page 1. From the entry bolete
• The dressing-down apparently had some effect, for there was a conspicuous decline in cigarette smoking by children in Kienow thereafter.1969, Robert Payne, Chiang Kai-shek, New York: Weybright and Talley, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 162. From the entry Kienow
• Smaller flares and subflares are less conspicuous, but very numerous.1966, Llou Williams Page, Thornton Page, Astronomy and Astrophysics 1975-04: Volume 40, Issues 1-2, page 75. From the entry superflare
• From all accounts it was one of the fiercest fights of the campaign, conducted with great determination and conspicuous bravery.1915, Philip J. Sampson, Capture of De Wet: The South African Rebellion, 1914, E. Arnold, page 188. From the entry dumdum
• The two latter are not as conspicuous as the two former, which compromise 45 per cent of the whole.1914, State Hospital Bulletin, volume 7, pages 351-352. From the entry ephebophile
• "Conspicuous consumption" is a proof of economic success.1907 June, Alvin S. Johnson, “Influences Affecting the Development of Thrift”, in Political Science Quarterly, volume 22, number 2, page 238. From the entry conspicuous consumption
• THE most conspicuous example of a single gift to modern education in China by an individual is that of Mr.1904 June, John C. Ferguson, “Educational Benefactions of Wealthy Chinese.”, in The East of Asia Magazine, Shanghai: North-China Herald…. From the entry yeh

Meaning of conspicuous

1. adjective Obvious or easy to notice.
2. adjective Noticeable or attracting attention, especially if unattractive.

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How do you use conspicuous in a sentence?

Conspicuous is used as an adjective. For example: “He was conspicuous by his absence.”

What is a short sentence with conspicuous?

“The combination made him conspicuous.”

What does conspicuous mean?

Conspicuous means obvious or easy to notice.