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obscurity
[ uhb-skyoor-i-tee ]
noun
- the state or quality of being obscure.
- the condition of being unknown:
He lived in obscurity for years before winning acclaim.
- uncertainty of meaning or expression; ambiguity.
- an unknown or unimportant person or thing.
- darkness; dimness; indistinctness.
obscurity
/ əbˈskjʊərɪtɪ /
noun
- the state or quality of being obscure
- an obscure person or thing
Other Words From
- nonob·scuri·ty noun plural nonobscurities
Word History and Origins
Origin of obscurity1
Example Sentences
After emerging from obscurity aged 16 to reach the World Championship final, the life of Luke Littler and the sport he loves has been transformed.
“It also gave us a chance to share the origins of the sculpture and its sculptress — Nina Saemundsson — prior to its descent into obscurity.”
When Johnson rose from relative obscurity to the Speaker position, one of the few pieces of information that journalists dug up was that he had been in a documentary about "purity balls" in 2015.
When Gaitonde died in 2001 at the age of 77, his death went widely unreported as the artist lived his last years in obscurity.
The freeway references, the voices, the obscurity of the “problems” and the staff breaking up because they knew all of this even while playing it out.
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