You may think your comment was innocuous, but I found it very offensive.
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Innocuous
/ɪˈnɒkjuəs/
Synonyms for "innocuous" (71 found)
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Noun(2 words)
harmless microbelab safe organism
Adjective(4 words)
Related words (35)
lowlymeanmodestnamby pambynonmalignantnonpoisonousnontoxicnonvirulentplainpoorsaplesssimplesmallteachableundamagingundistinguishedunhurtfulunimportantuninjuriousunobnoxious
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Noun(2 words)
more benignnot disease-causing
Adjective(10 words)
neutralnonhazardousnonpathogenicnonpathogenic exposurenonpathogenic factorsnonpathogenic fungusnontriggeringsafeunexcitingunobjectionable
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Sweatshop labor, rainforest destruction, global warming, displacement of indigenous communities, air and water pollution, eradication of wildlife on farmland as “pests”, the violent overthrow of popularly elected governments to maintain puppet dictators compliant to big business interests, open-pit strip mining, oil drilling in environmentally sensitive areas, union busting, child slavery, and payoffs to repressive regimes are just some of the many impacts of the seemingly innocuous consumer products we consume every day.
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Her innocuous statement was actually a veiled insult.
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Their wording was innocuous, but not entirely innocent.
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