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Definition of Inconspicuous

1. Adjective. Not prominent or readily noticeable. "The invisible man"

Definition of Inconspicuous

1. a. Not conspicuous or noticeable; hardly discernible.

Definition of Inconspicuous

1. Adjective. Not prominent or easily noticeable ¹

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Definition of Inconspicuous

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Inconspicuous

Literary usage of Inconspicuous

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Annals of Botany by IDEAL (Project) (1888)
"The Effect of Cross-Fertilization on Inconspicuous Flowers. ... Darwin comes to the conclusion that small inconspicuous flowers, which are not visited by ..."

2. The Pituitary Body and Its Disorders: Clinical States Produced by Disorders by Harvey Cushing (1912)
"CASES WITH PRONOUNCED NEIGHBORHOOD BUT RELATIVELY Inconspicuous GLANDULAR SYMPTOMS We now come to a group of patients in whom the local pressure effects of ..."

3. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1916)
"These are low trailing or spreading shrubs with small evergreen foliage and inconspicuous reddish flowers followed by small dull-colored capsules. ..."

4. The Apples of New York by Spencer Ambrose Beach, Nathaniel Ogden Booth, Orrin Morehouse Taylor (1905)
"Dots rather numerous, very small, inconspicuous, light. Calyx lube short, moderately wide, conical to funnel-form. Stamens median to marginal. ..."

5. Synoptical Flora of North America: The Gamopetalae, Being a Second Edition by Asa Gray (1888)
"... these sometimes inconspicuous or obsolete. (One or two species oï AY/yro/j with ... inconspicuous ..."

6. Entomological News and Proceedings of the Entomological Section of the by Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia Entomological Section (1908)
"The spines along the sides of the pupae are inconspicuous, usually ending in a fine bristle-like hair. On the ventral surface the first abdominal segment ..."

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