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low profile

or low posture

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noun

a deliberately inconspicuous, modest, or anonymous manner.

Origin of low profile

First recorded in 1970–75

OTHER WORDS FROM low profile

low-pro·file, adjective

Words nearby low profile

low hurdles, low latin, low man on the totem pole, low mass, low milling, low profile, low relief, low road, low sunday, low tech, low technology

Example sentences from the Web for low-profile

In the past decade, Banksy has skyrocketed from low-profile renegade to media darling.

New Yorkers Are Calling Out Banksy |Nina Strochlic |October 18, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
A low-profile and entourage-less John McCain, iPhone to his ear, wandered alone down the sidewalk.

Staking Out Kissinger’s 90th-Birthday Party |Nina Strochlic |June 4, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
The two DJs have since returned to work in low-profile positions.

Kate Suicide Nurse Note: "Make Australian DJs Pay My Mortgage" |Tom Sykes |April 29, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
We did this in a low-profile manner, because we didn't want parties either in Israel or abroad to thwart the move.

The U.N. Settlement Report: Just The Facts |Emily L. Hauser |February 1, 2013 |DAILY BEAST

The members of that small subcommittee included Obama, then a low-profile South Side state senator.

Peter Roskam: Obama’s Republican Buddy |James Warren |December 10, 2012 |DAILY BEAST

British Dictionary definitions for low-profile

low profile

noun

a position or attitude characterized by a deliberate avoidance of prominence or publicity
(as modifier)a low-profile approach

adjective low-profile

(of a tyre) wide in relation to its height

Compare high profile

Idioms and Phrases with low-profile

low profile

see keep a low profile.