unobtrusive
Example Sentences
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Today’s clunky VR headsets will be replaced by unobtrusive devices, perhaps embedded in contact lenses or even brain-computer interfaces.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 11, 2026
I was drawn to the Light Phone because it was arguably the most minimalist version available; it barely resembled a phone at all, and was so strikingly unobtrusive compared to my old needy iPhone.
From Slate • Apr. 17, 2025
Kwak, poised and graceful, lent a surprising calm to the show, unobtrusive when needed and expressive when called for.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 1, 2024
Some EV charging companies have been labouring over the design so that chargers are either unobtrusive or even visually appealing.
From BBC • Jan. 8, 2024
I was eating with better appetite than I had had in ages when I noticed that a fourth course had appeared, with unobtrusive magic, at my elbow: mushrooms.
From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt
Vocabulary lists containing unobtrusive
To Kill a Mockingbird
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Grade 10, List 5
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Power Prefix: un-
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