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innocuous

[ih-nok-yoo-uhs]

adjective

  1. not harmful or injurious; harmless.

    an innocuous home remedy.

  2. not likely to irritate or offend; inoffensive; an innocuous remark.

  3. not interesting, stimulating, or significant; pallid; insipid.

    an innocuous novel.



innocuous

/ ˌɪnəˈkjuːɪtɪ, ɪˈnɒkjʊəs /

adjective

  1. having little or no adverse or harmful effect; harmless

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Other 51Թ Forms

  • innocuously adverb
  • innocuousness noun
  • innocuity noun
  • uninnocuous adjective
  • uninnocuously adverb
  • uninnocuousness noun
  • ˈԴdzܴdzܲ adverb
  • ˈԴdzܴdzܲԱ noun
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of innocuous1

From the Latin word innocuus, dating back to 1590–1600. See in- 3, nocuous
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of innocuous1

C16: from Latin innocuus harmless, from in- 1 + Դdzŧ to harm
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It began with a seemingly innocuous match of kabbadi - a traditional South Asian contact team sport - in a Punjabi village.

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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.

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A fairly innocuous title for a teen TV series, right?

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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.

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In the days before Saturday 8 February 2020, an email with a seemingly innocuous attachment arrived in a council inbox.

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