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inconˈspicuousness [f. prec. + -ness.] †1. The quality or state of being invisible. Obs.
1624Abp. Abbot Visib. True Ch. 16 This paucitie of beleeuers, and inconspicuousnes of his Church. a1691Boyle Man's Ignorance Uses Nat. Things i. Wks. 1772 III. 472 The inconspicuousness of those stars. 2. The quality of not being prominent to notice.
1881J. G. Barnard in Smith. Contrib. Knowl. No. 310. 15 The inconspicuousness of this tide in our actual oceans. 1882G. Allen in Nature 17 Aug. 372 Perhaps its very inconspicuousness saves it from the obtrusive visits of undesirable insect guests. 1883H. Drummond Nat. Law in Spir. W. i. ii. (1884) 47 The assumed invisibility of inconspicuousness of the old Laws. |