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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
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈԴdzܴdzܲ, adverb
  • ˈԴdzܴdzܲԱ, noun
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • ·Դdzu·dzܲ· adverb
  • ·Դdzu·dzܲ·Ա ·Դ···ٲ [in-, uh, -, kyoo, -i-tee], noun
  • ܲi·Դdzu·dzܲ adjective
  • un·Դdzu·dzܲ· adverb
  • un·Դdzu·dzܲ·Ա 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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“In the outrage economy, even the most innocuous things can gather steam. You can’t risk it. If you get popped and your passport’s flagged, no one has any control on our end. You’re done.”

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In fact, banned goods include items as innocuous as food products, fishing rods and paper.

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What was it like to get pulled into the drama for something so innocuous as pasta sauce?

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Sciver-Brunt missed an innocuous straight delivery, Beaumont chopped on for 47 but the highlight came with the ball to Dunkley pitching on leg stump before turning sharply to hit the top of off.

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The park is now the Crescenta Valley Community Regional Park, and a historical marker describes the park’s “Aryan superiority” past along with its earlier innocuous German cultural and social connections.

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