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Definition
easily noticed — typically attracting attention such as by being large, flashy, or unusual
- Inside the Monk Building, conspicuously posted signs led them down a series of corridors, past a room where a handful of parents waited anxiously, and at last into a room crowded with children in desks.p. 18.0
- Reynie was painfully aware of their eyes upon him — he already felt conspicuous.p. 174.7
- But new kids always felt conspicuous, he reminded himself.p. 174.7
- "Any luck?" asked Constance, who had finally come down the corridor and was standing there, conspicuously unhelpful, as Kate gathered her things.p. 231.1
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