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inconspicuousness

Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The state of being inconspicuous.

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  • noun The condition of being inconspicuous

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  • noun the quality of being not easily seen

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Examples

  • Concrete suggests modesty, not only by virtue of its cost, and thus its association with utilitarian or unfinished structures, but in the bland inconspicuousness of its color and texture.

    Why Hadid's MAXXI Works Francis X. Rocca 2010

  • Concrete suggests modesty, not only by virtue of its cost, and thus its association with utilitarian or unfinished structures, but in the bland inconspicuousness of its color and texture.

    Why Hadid's MAXXI Works Francis X. Rocca 2010

  • Her comfort was far less important than her inconspicuousness.

    Beautiful Disaster Kate Brian 2009

  • There was some simple, radical difference about him; he hoped it was genius, feared it was madness, devoted himself to amiability and inconspicuousness.

    The Worst Years of Your Life Mark Jude Poirier 2007

  • She had remembered it only as a bleak inconspicuousness.

    Main Street 2004

  • Probably it may be quite common in similar localities, but its size, its brief periodicity, and inconspicuousness, contribute to make it, at present, one of the rarities of botany.

    Tropic Days 2003

  • The balloon fish depends upon its inconspicuousness and harmony with its environment in the struggle for existence, for, no doubt, there are in the sea fish so strong of stomach as to accept it without a spasm.

    The Confessions of a Beachcomber 2003

  • Aberrant in other respects, the swamp pheasant disobeys this law, and justifies its disobedience by inconspicuousness.

    Last Leaves from Dunk Island 2003

  • More money brought more affection for inconspicuousness.

    The House That Goldman Built 2001

  • More money brought more affection for inconspicuousness.

    The House That Goldman Built 2001

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