inconspicuous

First attested circa 17th century, from Late Latin inconspicuus, from in-, "not" + Latin conspicuus, "conspicuous." Modern sense of "not easily noticeable" is from 1828.

• enPR: ĭn'kən-spĭkʹyo͞o-əs, IPA^(key): /ˌɪn.kənˈspɪk.ju.əs/

inconspicuous (comparative more inconspicuous, superlative most inconspicuous)

1. Not prominent nor easily noticeable
   • 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.

• invisible

• conspicuous

• inconspicuousness

• obscure
• unnoticeable