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Art that doesn’t try for much is guaranteed innocuousness.

From Washington Post • Jan. 17, 2023

It’s easy on the ears, and some of the bubbly innocuousness can be put down to an attempt to mimic the slick, synthesizer-driven sound of the fanfares on shows of this ilk.

From New York Times • Jun. 8, 2012

It's the curse of pleasantness, of innocuousness, of valedictory tribute.

From Slate • Feb. 28, 2012

"Prettiness has this connotation of passivity and innocuousness," she says.

From Time Magazine Archive

The Fairy Queen would easily achieve innocuousness amongst those who can find nothing but an allegory of the Church in the "Song of Songs."

From English Literature: Modern Home University Library of Modern Knowledge by Mair, G. H. (George Herbert)