About The Word Innocuous
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Innocuous
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What's The Definition Of Innocuous?
[adj] lacking intent or capacity to injure; "an innocent prank"
[adj] not injurious to physical or mental health [adj] not causing disapproval; "it was an innocuous remark"; "confined himself to innocuous generalities"; "unobjectionable behavior" [adj] unlikely to harm or disturb anyone; "harmless old man" Synonyms | Synonyms for Innocuous: harmless | innocent | innoxious | inoffensive | insipid | safe | uncontroversial | unobjectionable Related Terms | Find terms related to Innocuous: benign | harmless | homely | humble | humble-looking | humblest | humble-visaged | inglorious | innocent | inoffensive | least | low | lowest | lowliest | lowly | mean | modest | nonmalignant | nonpoisonous | nontoxic | nonvirulent | plain | poor | sapless | simple | small | teachable | undamaging | undistinguished | unhurtful | unimportant | uninjurious | unobnoxious | unoffending | unpretentious See Also | Innocuous In Webster's Dictionary \In*noc"u*ous\, a. [L. innocuus; in- not + nocuus
hurtful, fr. nocere to hurt. See {Innocent}.]
Harmless; producing no ill effect; innocent.
A patient, innocuous, innocent man. --Burton.
-- {In*noc"u*ous*ly}, adv. -- {In*noc"u*ous*ness}, n.
Where the salt sea innocuously breaks. --Wordsworth.
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