obscurity
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ɪ noun, plural ob·scu·ri·ties.
1.
the state or quality of being obscure.
2.
the condition of being unknown: He lived in obscurity for years before winning acclaim.
3.
uncertainty of meaning or expression; ambiguity.
4.
an unknown or unimportant person or thing.
5.
darkness; dimness; indistinctness.
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| —n , pl -ties | |
| 1. | the state or quality of being obscure |
| 2. | an obscure person or thing |
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Example sentences
It turns out that a name's sad tumble into obscurity is tightly correlated with the speed of its rise.
No longer do small country auction houses have to languish in obscurity.
Each fall since then has seen the launch of a new version of the hardware, and each has seen it quietly fade into obscurity.
But a new skin patch has resurrected the drugs from obscurity.
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