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Innocuous

//ɪˈnɒkjuəs// adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Harmless; producing no ill effect.

    "With its green cupola or tapering spire, / Which sunset touches with innocuous fire, / The little church appears, to sanctify / The precincts duly where men live and die— [...]"

  2. 2
    Inoffensive; unprovocative; unexceptionable.

    "Ruth Devlin announced that the song must wait, though it appeared to be innocuous and child-like in its sentiments."

Adjective
  1. 1
    lacking intent or capacity to injure wordnet
  2. 2
    not injurious to physical or mental health wordnet
  3. 3
    not causing disapproval wordnet

Etymology

From Latin innocuus (“harmless”) (therefore, no gemination in + nocuous).

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