English-Dutch translations for conspicuous

• afzichtelijk
• opvallend
  Sindsdien is de buitenwereld opvallend stil gebleven. Ever since, the outside world has remained conspicuously silent.
  De afwezigheid van het grootste economische blok ter wereld is opvallend. The absence of the world's largest economic block is conspicuous.
  - Mijnheer de Voorzitter, we zijn aangeland in het middenstadium van de Strategie van Lissabon, die tot nu toe opvallend weinig succes heeft. Mr President, we have reached the mid-term stage of the Lisbon Strategy, with a conspicuous lack of success so far.

Definition of conspicuous

• Obvious or easy to notice
• Noticeable or attracting attention, especially if unattractive

Examples

• He was conspicuous by his absence.
• He had a conspicuous lump on his forehead.

Related words

• conspicuousness
• conspicuously
• inconspicuous
• inconspicuously
• conspicuous consumption
• conspicuous by one’s absence
• be conspicuous by one's absence