obscurity
/əbˈskjʊr.ə.ti/
noun
- The state of being unknown, forgotten, or not famous.
- He lived his entire life in obscurity, content with his simple routine.
- The author's work was rescued from obscurity by a modern publisher.
- After one hit song, the band quickly faded back into obscurity.
- The quality of being difficult to understand or unclear.
- Philosophical texts often suffer from unnecessary obscurity.
- The witness's testimony was full of obscurity and contradictions.
- The obscurity of the instructions made assembling the furniture impossible.
- Something that is unclear or hard to understand.
- Historians still debate the obscurities of the ancient ritual.
- The lecture was filled with obscurities that no one could explain.
- The contract contained several legal obscurities that worried the lawyer.
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