low profile
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4.4
- noun
- /loʊ ˈproʊfaɪl/
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perfil bajo
- My employer likes to keep a low profile.
- keep a low profile
- maintain a low profile
So you should come from China to here and they keep a very low profile and they hide a lot from the Chinese government as well.
- So you should come from China to here and they keep a very low profile and they hide a lot from the Chinese government as well.
- So I, of course, being me, couldn't keep a low profile.
- We've lived a low profile on a rural community and and and at the same time had the ability to do whatever we wanted to.
Examples
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We're supposed to be keeping a low profile.
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Meanwhile, the U.S. embassy kept an unusually low profile to match the mood of American irrelevance.
Academic text (1992) -
So do your best to keep a low profile.
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I told him to keep a low profile.
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I try to keep a low profile.
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Anyone with any sense would keep a very low profile in your position.
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So try and keep a low profile.
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I intend to keep a low profile.
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Such persons would be well advised to keep a low profile in the next little while.
Blog text (15) -
She decided to maintain a low profile after the scandal to avoid any unwanted attention.
Synonyms
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1.0
Not attracting attention and simple in style
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5.8
Careful about what you say and do to avoid upsetting people or drawing attention
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3.9
Act quietly so people do not notice you
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5.2
People do not notice it because someone keeps it quiet
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7.4
A time when a person or thing is unknown and not noticed
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5.6
To stay out of sight to avoid trouble
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7.4
A little and not obvious
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5.9
To avoid being noticed by other people
Being hard to notice in a place or crowd
Antonyms
How Visible
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning ('having a small or unobtrusive profile') follows directly from combining 'low' (small/not high) with 'profile' (level of prominence or outline/height): it denotes a reduced or unobtrusive profile. This is a regular adjective+noun composition and is cross-linguistically common, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents can infer the intended design/product sense.
Etymology
Low profile may come from the image of keeping your side view, your profile, very low so you can crouch behind a wall and not be seen. So a low profile means 'to avoid attention or publicity'.