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obscurity
noun
[ əbˈskjʊərɪti ]
• the state of being unknown, inconspicuous, or unimportant.
• "he is too good a player to slide into obscurity"
Similar:
insignificance
, inconspicuousness,
unimportance
,
anonymity
,
non-recognition
, ingloriousness,
limbo
,
twilight
,
oblivion
,
Opposite:
fame
,
Origin:
late Middle English: from Old French obscurite, from Latin obscuritas, from obscurus ‘dark’.