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conspicuous
[ kuhn-spik-yoo-uhs ]
adjective
- easily seen or noticed; readily visible or observable:
a conspicuous error.
Synonyms: salient, marked, clear, noticeable, manifest
- attracting special attention, as by outstanding qualities or eccentricities:
He was conspicuous by his booming laughter.
Synonyms: noteworthy, striking, prominent
conspicuous
/ kənˈspɪkjʊəs /
adjective
- clearly visible; obvious or showy
- attracting attention because of a striking quality or feature
conspicuous stupidity
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Derived Forms
- conˈspicuousness, noun
- conˈspicuously, adverb
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Other Words From
- con·spic·u·ous·ly adverb
- con·spic·u·ous·ness con·spi·cu·i·ty [kon-spi-, kyoo, -i-tee], noun
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Word History and Origins
Origin of conspicuous1
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Word History and Origins
Origin of conspicuous1
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Example Sentences
The system is truck-mounted and road-mobile, as are the big and conspicuous radars that stood next to it on display.
For Shaftel this kind of licentious behavior amounts to “conspicuous consumption disguised as urbanity.”
Any list of his conspicuous qualities turns out to be a recitation of opposites.
As recently as a few years ago, buying and driving a hybrid was an exercise in conspicuous consumption.
It was a dizzying time, and Shaquille handled an array of new situations with conspicuous aplomb.
The doctrine of international free trade, albeit the most conspicuous of its applications, was but one case under the general law.
Here was none of the old-time stiffness of Capheaton, and there was a conspicuous absence of dead masters and their pupils.
The movements which its active motion causes among the corpuscles render it conspicuous.
The more conspicuous characteristics of the blood in various diseases have been mentioned in previous sections.
Although all varieties are increased, the characteristic and conspicuous cell is the myelocyte.
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