9 example sentences using obscure.
Obscure used in a sentence
Obscure in a sentence as a verb
Google and Facebook have gone from being obscure startups to giants.
The 10% of cases where I was searching for something obscure do stick out in my mind more, but I'm OK with that.
Once long ago my new wife asked me why geeks always wear tshirts with obscure references that no one gets.
That's the whole point of the secret key!This is an obscure issue which can be used to get around one layer of defense in rails security.
"So I would go in and "fix" things... only to find out a month later that the code was the way it was because of some obscure edge case that I had never thought of.
Obscure in a sentence as an adjective
Just like my previous few encounters with GoDaddy, when I went to the link I learned some obscure detail about my contract with them prevented me from getting what I wanted -- yet allowed them to charge me in full.
Grab some branch names and commits from those forks and commit them to Nicolai's fork, under Nicolai's name and with a few Nicolai-specific changes here and there, to commit messages and perhaps to code comments, to obscure the trail.
Make them work for you.• The Economist's practice of briefly introducing any individual, no matter how famous or obscure, is a wonderful practice of microcontent contextualization.
[231 points] Show /hn/: I ripped off an existing product \n and added Bootstrap to it.\n \n "[some program/service] in Javascript" - 6075 comments\n\n Why [obscure framework] is the next [industry\n standard framework].\n\n Hacker, entrepreneur, genius, lifestyle blogger, CEO of\n Whoof!
Obscure definitions
make less visible or unclear; "The stars are obscured by the clouds"; "the big elm tree obscures our view of the valley"
See also: befog becloud obnubilate cloud mist
make unclear, indistinct, or blurred; "Her remarks confused the debate"; "Their words obnubilate their intentions"
See also: confuse blur obnubilate
reduce a vowel to a neutral one, such as a schwa
make undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or concealing; "a hidden message"; "a veiled threat"
See also: obliterate veil hide
not clearly understood or expressed; "an obscure turn of phrase"; "an impulse to go off and fight certain obscure battles of his own spirit"-Anatole Broyard; "their descriptions of human behavior become vague, dull, and unclear"- P.A.Sorokin; "vague...forms of speech...have so long passed for mysteries of science"- John Locke
See also: vague
marked by difficulty of style or expression; "much that was dark is now quite clear to me"; "those who do not appreciate Kafka's work say his style is obscure"
See also: dark
difficult to find; "hidden valleys"; "a hidden cave"; "an obscure retreat"
See also: hidden
not famous or acclaimed; "an obscure family"; "unsung heroes of the war"
not drawing attention; "an unnoticeable cigarette burn on the carpet"; "an obscure flaw"
See also: unnoticeable
remote and separate physically or socially; "existed over the centuries as a world apart"; "preserved because they inhabited a place apart"- W.H.Hudson; "tiny isolated villages remote from centers of civilization"; "an obscure village"
See also: isolated