Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Not noticeable; unobtrusive.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Unobtrusive.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Not obtrusive; unobtrusive.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective
inconspicuous ;unobtrusive
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Examples
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Several guys had that CIA look with a cord wriggling into their ears and walkies in their hands, but were professional and inobtrusive.
Vermeer and Rembrandt at the Vancouver Art Gallery « Colleen Anderson 2009
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She was kind and inobtrusive and it is a testimony to how good it was that for the 30 odd years since i left her school i have carried her recipie books with me.
ode to all the Mrs Nisbets in the world faerian 2009
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Comfort fits in, but it's mainly being inobtrusive.
Yes, I've seen it. You can stop alerting me. Ann Althouse 2008
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But your new post prompted me to comment anyway, so I am looking for something to tell you to do...so far I'm only coming up with your header which is a little inobtrusive.
Three years of blogging: a retrospective Penny 2008
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So, starting in January, commuters in will be treated to this rather warm, inobtrusive message the photo above is a mock-up.
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You will see inobtrusive body guards standing around Mazatlan, assigned to driving a child to dance class or accompanying the boss for meetings.
actors houses? 2006
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There was live music at a nice (low) volume, polite inobtrusive wait-staff in spiffy uniforms, everything was perfect including the decor.
You know you live or you've lived in Mexico when........ 2005
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There was live music at a nice (low) volume, polite inobtrusive wait-staff in spiffy uniforms, everything was perfect including the decor.
You know you live or you've lived in Mexico when........ 2005
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There was live music at a nice (low) volume, polite inobtrusive wait-staff in spiffy uniforms, everything was perfect including the decor.
You know you live or you've lived in Mexico when........ 2005
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There was live music at a nice (low) volume, polite inobtrusive wait-staff in spiffy uniforms, everything was perfect including the decor.
You know you live or you've lived in Mexico when........ 2005
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