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unconspicuous

unconspicuous adjective: not conspicuous; inconspicuous.

Adjective

unconspicuous (comparative more unconspicuous, superlative most unconspicuous)

  1. (obsolete) Not conspicuous; inconspicuous
    • All the grand sources, in short, of human suffering are in a great degree, many of them almost entirely, conquerable by human care and effort; and though their removal is grievously slow—though a long succession of generations will perish in the breach before the conquest is completed, and this...1861, John Stuart Mill, Utilitarianism

Synonyms of unconspicuous

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Forms of unconspicuous

comparativemore unconspicuous
superlativemost unconspicuous

Origin of unconspicuous

From un- + conspicuous.

Words formed from unconspicuous

Questions about unconspicuous

What does unconspicuous mean?
Unconspicuous means not conspicuous; inconspicuous.
What part of speech is unconspicuous?
Unconspicuous is an adjective.

Words near unconspicuous in the dictionary

  1. unconsolidation
  2. unconsoling
  3. unconsolingly
  4. unconsonant
  5. unconsonantly
  6. unconspicuous
  7. unconspicuously
  8. unconspicuousness
  9. unconspiratorial
  10. unconspired
  11. unconspiring

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