nonpoisonous

/ (nɒnˈpɔɪzənəs) /

adjective

not having the effects or qualities of a poison

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How to use nonpoisonous in a sentence

Several species of nonpoisonous snakes were more common but were nowhere really abundant.
Camps and Trails in China | Roy Chapman Andrews and Yvette Borup Andrews
Her second-stage rockets were also of the nonpoisonous variety, because she fired them at a bare 60,000 feet.
Space Tug | Murray Leinster
(e) The poisonous portions are not distinguishable from the nonpoisonous, either macroscopically or microscopically.
Appletons' Popular Science Monthly, November 1899 | Various
It has the advantage of being comparatively nonpoisonous and noninflammable and is easily transported and handled.
The House Fly and How to Suppress It | L. O. Howard and F. C. Bishopp

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