Conspicuousness

Definition

conspicuous /kǝn'spÇkjuǝs/ adj ~ (for sth) (က) သိသာျမင္သာ ေသာ။ ေပၚလြင္ေသာ။ If you're walking along a badly-lit road at night you should wear conspicuous clothes. ❍ make oneself conspicuous (ie attract attention by unusual behaviour, wearing unusual clothes, etc). (ခ) ထူးျခားေသာ။ Her first play was a conspicuous success. ❍ ( ironic ) She wasn't exactly conspicuous for her helpfulness (ie She was not helpful). ❏ conspicuous by one's absence [ IDM ] သိသာလြန္းေသာ မလာေရာက္မႈ၊ ပ်က္ကြက္မႈ။ When it came to cleaning up afterwards, the boys were conspicuous by their absence. conspicuously adv : conspicuously absent. conspicuousness n [U] ❏ conspicuous consumption n [U] တတ္ႏိုင္ေၾကာင္းႂကြား ရန္ သံုးျဖဳန္းျပျခင္း။

Examples

1. She might have felt less conspicuous if there had been other women there too.
2. A conspicuous success/failure