conspicuous

Definition

  • adjective: obvious to the eye or mind
  • adjective: very easy to see or notice

Examples

  • The President was 'conspicuous by his absence' at the peace talks. [=his absence was very noticeable; people had expected him to be there and noticed that he wasn't]

  • He was 'conspicuously' [='noticeably'] absent from the meeting.

  • There were a number of 'conspicuous' changes to the building.

Movie quotes

  • (..) anything happen to him. I promise. What do you think? The old Forest road? Yeah, that might be the least conspicuous. Nobody steals a whale. But I'm tellin' you, the whale is gone. The trailer's out of there, (..)
    1993 Free Willy