inconspicuous

Learned borrowing from Late Latin incōnspicuus.

• IPA^(key): /ˌɪn.kənˈspɪk.ju.əs/

inconspicuous (comparative more inconspicuous, superlative most inconspicuous)

1. Invisible. [from 1620s]

   Antonym: visible

2. Not prominent nor easily noticeable. [from 1828]

   Antonym: conspicuous

   • 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.

• inconspicuously
• inconspicuousness

• obscure
• unnoticeable

• Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “inconspicuous”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
• “inconspicuous”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.