obscurity

IPA: ʌbskjˈʊrʌti

(literary) Darkness; the absence of light.
The state of being unknown; a thing that is unknown.
The quality of being difficult to understand; a thing that is difficult to understand.

Examples of "obscurity" in Sentences

I definitely think obscurity is worse for authors.
While any list that highlights lesser known people who toil in obscurity is a good thing i would suggest the following:
May you live in obscurity and forever be associated with amongst your many crimes Abu Ghraib as Nixon is to Wartergate. —
The spectacular mistiming of his own 2001 memoir, Fugitive Days, doomed the book to short-term infamy and long-term obscurity.
Hardly content to toil in obscurity, Schumer honed his ability to insert himself front and center into the biggest issues of the day.
In each of those incredibly successful series there were stars that rose to the next level and others who have wallowed in obscurity (self-imposed or otherwise).
Closer to our own time, Joseph Heller and William Gaddis spent years in obscurity doing menial writing-related work in order to write novels that at first few people cared about.
It is an unlikely position for a company that, had it complied with collusive Japanese business traditions and paid heed to the Ministry of International Trade and Industry, would be stuck in obscurity making piston rings.
Now I appreciate that it may be a political fact of life in Canada that the surest way to send an up-and-coming cabinet minister to obscurity is to suggest that he has a great and glorious future before him, particularly when his Prime Minister is relatively young and healthy.