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👤 Not noticeable 🤼 No hitting 🏭 Not on strike
nonstriking

nonstriking

4.6
Plain in looks and easy to miss
  • adjective
  • /nənˈstraɪkɪŋ/
  • Jargon
translation icon : poco llamativo
  • Her outfit was intentionally nonstriking so she would blend in at the event.

Examples

  • Despite its size, the sculpture is surprisingly nonstriking in the busy plaza.

  • He prefers nonstriking colors for his home decor.

  • The new logo is quite nonstriking and fails to catch the eye.

  • The dress was quite nonstriking and didn't stand out at all.

  • Her outfit was intentionally nonstriking so she would blend in at the event.

  • The new logo is quite nonstriking and fails to catch the eye.

  • He prefers nonstriking colors for his home decor.

Synonyms

neutral
vsnonstriking
24 3.5

Not having strong or noticeable qualities

highlights not attracting attention or making little effect rather than just blandness
unnoticeable
vsnonstriking
2 4.6

Hard to see or notice

is more about lacking remarkability rather than mere physical invisibility
unostentatious
vsnonstriking
1 7.8

Simple and modest in style and not trying to attract attention

tends to lack attention but differs by being deliberately modest not merely plain
nonmanifest
vsnonstriking
8.8

Not easy to see or notice

focuses on being unremarkable in appearance or effect rather than hiddenness
nonexceptional
vsnonstriking
5.3

Not special or unusual

is about not attracting notice or impact rather than just ordinariness

Antonyms

remarkable
588 2.8

Unusual and easy to notice because it is different or surprising

striking
56 3.8

Attracting attention because it looks unusual or very beautiful

How Striking

striking
56 3.8
noticeable
65 3.2
nonstriking
  • Jargon
4.6
unremarkable
20 3.5

Surface Forms

nonstriking positive

Morphology

nonstriking = striking (transparent) = non + strike + ing

The adjective 'striking' (noticeable) is negated by the productive prefix 'non-', giving a directly predictable meaning.

Etymology

Nonstriking is built from the prefix non- 'not' and striking, from strike which can mean 'to hit' or 'to catch the eye'. So a nonstriking thing does not 'hit' your attention and is not noticeable.