easy to see or notice; likely to attract attention:
Mary's red hair always made her conspicuous at school. * I felt very conspicuous in my new car. * The advertisements were all posted in a conspicuous place. * The event was a conspicuous success (= a very great one). * Bay windows are a conspicuous feature of his architecture.
OPPINCONSPICUOUS
conspicuously adverb:
Women were conspicuously absent from the planning committee.
conspicuousness noun [U]
IDIOMS
conspicuous by your absence not present in a situation or place, when it is obvious that you should be there:
When it came to cleaning up afterwards, Anne was conspicuous by her absence.
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