low profile

[ loh proh-fahyl ]

noun

1. a deliberately inconspicuous, modest, or anonymous manner.

low profile

noun

1. 1. a position or attitude characterized by a deliberate avoidance of prominence or publicity
   2. ( as modifier )

      a low-profile approach

adjective

1. (of a tyre) wide in relation to its height

Other Words From

• low-pro·file adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of low profile¹

First recorded in 1970–75

Idioms and Phrases

see keep a low profile .

Example Sentences

Make sure your mount has a low profile design and thin side profile.

From Popular-Science

Halley suggests Ma is voluntarily “choosing to keep an extremely low profile while he lets the people who work for him work with the regulators to come to an acceptable conclusion.”

From Fortune

It’s designed to be low profile and finished with a stylish glass top, making it the way to go if you have aesthetics on your mind.

From Popular-Science

I’m just going to do my best to help out however I can while keeping a low profile.

From Washington Post

During his marathon rehabilitation, Durant left the Warriors for the Brooklyn Nets, celebrated his 31st and 32nd birthdays and mostly kept a low profile.

From Washington Post

And though Wright kept a low profile for almost a year, he managed to solicit “Jane Doe” on online escort pages.

From The Daily Beast

Neither Schwend nor Spitz maintained a low profile in the ruins of Munich and they soon attracted attention.

From The Daily Beast

Besides a disappointingly vague press release, Beyoncé has kept a low profile following the scandal.

From The Daily Beast

Like most graffiti artists, she keeps a low profile and her identity is a secret.

From The Daily Beast

Though she had kept a low profile over the last few decades, Yeager recently had been thrown back into the spotlight.

From The Daily Beast

Ramshorn, ramz′horn, n. a semicircular work of low profile in the ditch of a fortified place: an ammonite: a fossil cephalopod.

From Project Gutenberg