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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’.


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