not attracting attention; not easy to notice 不引人注目的;不起眼的 She tried to look as inconspicuous as possible. 她尽可能让自己不引人注目。 Its dull brown feathers make the bird inconspicuous. 它暗褐色的羽毛使这只鸟不显眼。
Word Originearly 17th cent. (in the sense ‘invisible, indiscernible’): from Latin inconspicuus (from in- ‘not’ + conspicuus ‘clearly visible’) + -ous.