innocuous
not harmful or injurious; harmless: an innocuous home remedy.
not likely to irritate or offend; inoffensive; an innocuous remark.
not interesting, stimulating, or significant; pallid; insipid: an innocuous novel.
Origin of innocuous
1Other words from innocuous
- in·noc·u·ous·ly, adverb
- in·noc·u·ous·ness, in·no·cu·i·ty [in-uh-kyoo-i-tee], /ˌɪn əˈkyu ɪ ti/, noun
- un·in·noc·u·ous, adjective
- un·in·noc·u·ous·ly, adverb
- un·in·noc·u·ous·ness, noun
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How to use innocuous in a sentence
The adventure in the Scoop scared him for a while into innocuousness; then he resumed his game again with redoubled zest.
Bob, Son of Battle | Alfred OllivantOn the universal innocuousness of the vegetation of the Sea, consult Pouchet's Botanique a work of the highest order.
The Sea | Jules MicheletThis is erroneous and is based upon the assumed inefficacy and innocuousness of judicial injunctions.
State of the Union Addresses of William H. Taft | William H. TaftRecent utterances about the innocuousness of Australian snake-poison find a fitting answer in this melancholy occurrence.
On Snake-Poison: its Action and its Antidote | A. MuellerThis sheepish innocuousness comes easily to the natively uninitiative, to those who are readily amenable to fear and prohibitions.
Philosophy and The Social Problem | Will Durant
British Dictionary definitions for innocuous
/ (ɪˈnɒkjʊəs) /
having little or no adverse or harmful effect; harmless
Origin of innocuous
1Derived forms of innocuous
- innocuously, adverb
- innocuousness or innocuity (ˌɪnəˈkjuːɪtɪ), noun
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