unobtrusive

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Mr. Hanks provides introductions and closing comments to each episode; his narration throughout is unobtrusive and very low-key, unlike a few of the experts who populate the space lying between the historical footage and photographs.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026

I was drawn to the Light Phone because it was arguably the most minimalist version available; it barely resembled a phone at all, and was so strikingly unobtrusive compared to my old needy iPhone.

From Slate • Apr. 17, 2025

All of the designers interviewed for this story like ceiling fixtures to be so unobtrusive that they almost disappear.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 8, 2024

Mark Ronson has always been a mumbler, his soft, unobtrusive speaking voice a product of both his transatlantic upbringing and — notwithstanding the chart-topping pop songs he’s helped create — his general disinclination toward fame.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 13, 2023

Hobbits are an unobtrusive but very ancient people, more numerous formerly than they are today; for they love peace and quiet and good tilled earth: a well-ordered and well-farmed countryside was their favourite haunt.

From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien