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INCONSPICUOUSNESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does inconspicuousness mean? 

INCONSPICUOUSNESS (noun)
  The noun INCONSPICUOUSNESS has 1 sense:

1. the quality of being not easily seenplay

  Familiarity information: INCONSPICUOUSNESS used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


INCONSPICUOUSNESS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

The quality of being not easily seen

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("inconspicuousness" is a kind of...):

invisibility; invisibleness (the quality of not being perceivable by the eye)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "inconspicuousness"):

unnoticeableness (the quality of being not easily noticed)

unobtrusiveness (the quality of not sticking out in an unwelcome way)

Antonym:

conspicuousness (high visibility)

Derivation:

inconspicuous (not prominent or readily noticeable)


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