conspicuous
IPA: kʌnspˈɪkjuʌs
adjective
- Obvious or easy to notice.
- Noticeable or attracting attention, especially if unattractive.
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Examples of "conspicuous" in Sentences
- "Buffons," after the title conspicuous on a volume of the Suites a
- In the term conspicuous is included plants that attract general attention.
- "Buffons," after the title conspicuous on a volume of the Suites a Buffon, which stood on my shelf in the chart room.
- "Buffons," after the title conspicuous on a volume of the "Suites a Buffon," which stood on my shelf in the chart-room.
- “Buffons,” after the title conspicuous on a volume of the Suites a Buffon, [11] which stood on my shelf in the chart room.
- "As he is also an item of expense, and commonly serves no industrial purpose, he holds a well-assured place in men's regard as a thing of good repute," Veblen wrote in his celebrated Theory of the Leisure Class, the book that brought us the term conspicuous consumption.
- My brother officers were as good fellows as sailors ought to be and generally are, but, naturally, they neither knew nor cared anything about my pursuits, nor understood why I should be so zealous in pursuit of the objects which my friends, the middies, christened "Buffons," after the title conspicuous on a volume of the "Suites a Buffon," which stood on my shelf in the chart-room.
- My brother officers were as good fellows as sailors ought to be and generally are, but, naturally, they neither knew nor cared anything about my pursuits, nor understood why I should be so zealous in pursuit of the objects which my friends, the middies, † christened “Buffons,” after the title conspicuous on a volume of the Suites a Buffon, ‡ which stood on my shelf in the chart room.
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