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. 它暗淡的棕色羽毛使这只鸟不起眼。
Word Originearly 17th cent. (in the sense ‘invisible, indiscernible’): from Latin inconspicuus (from in- ‘not’ + conspicuus ‘clearly visible’) + -ous.