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innocuous
[ih-nok-yoo-uhs]
adjective
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.
innocuous
/ ˌɪnəˈkjuːɪtɪ, ɪˈnɒkjʊəs /
adjective
having little or no adverse or harmful effect; harmless
Other 51Թ Forms
- innocuously adverb
- innocuousness noun
- innocuity noun
- uninnocuous adjective
- uninnocuously adverb
- uninnocuousness noun
- ˈԴdzܴdzܲ adverb
- ˈԴdzܴdzܲԱ noun
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of innocuous1
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of innocuous1
Example Sentences
It began with a seemingly innocuous match of kabbadi - a traditional South Asian contact team sport - in a Punjabi village.
He told the court that in November 2023, Mr Masum became jealous over a "completely innocuous" message Ms Akter had received from a male colleague, grabbing her face, slapping her and pulling her hair.
A fairly innocuous title for a teen TV series, right?
South Korean TV dramas may seem innocuous, but they reveal much about ordinary life there - people living in high-rise apartments, driving fast cars and eating at upmarket restaurants.
In the days before Saturday 8 February 2020, an email with a seemingly innocuous attachment arrived in a council inbox.
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