- innocuous
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adjective
harmless, hurtless, innocent, innocuus, innoxious, inoffensive, mild, nonirritating, nonmalignant, nontoxic, painless, safe, simple, uninjurious, unlikely to cause harm, unlikely to cause injury, unobjectionable, unobnoxious, unoffending, virtuous, without power to harm, without tendency to harm
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index
blameless, harmless, nontoxic, salutary
Burton's Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006
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innocuous — [i näk′yo͞o əs] adj. [L innocuus < in , not + nocuus, harmful < nocere, to harm, injure: see NECRO ] 1. that does not injure or harm; harmless [an innocuous insect] 2. not controversial, offensive, or stimulating; dull and uninspiring [an… … English World dictionary
Innocuous — In*noc u*ous, a. [L. innocuus; in not + nocuus hurtful, fr. nocere to hurt. See {Innocent}.] Harmless; producing no ill effect. [1913 Webster] A patient, innocuous, innocent man. Burton. {In*noc u*ous*ly}, adv. {In*noc u*ous*ness}, n. [1913… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
innocuous — 1590s, from L. innocuus harmless, from in not (see IN (Cf. in ) (1)) + nocuus hurtful, from root of nocere to injure, harm, from *nok s , suffixed form of PIE root *nek death (see NECRO (Cf … Etymology dictionary
innocuous — *harmless, innocent, inoffensive, unoffending Antonyms: pernicious Contrasted words: *poisonous, venomous, virulent, toxic: injurious, harmful, hurtful (see corresponding nouns at INJURY) … New Dictionary of Synonyms
innocuous — [adj] harmless banal, bland, flat, innocent, innoxious, inobnoxious, inoffensive, insipid, jejune, kind, painless, safe, sapless, unobjectionable, unoffending, weak; concepts 401,572 Ant. bad, damaging, destructive, harmful, hurtful, injurious … New thesaurus
innocuous — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ not harmful or offensive. DERIVATIVES innocuously adverb innocuousness noun. ORIGIN Latin innocuus, from in not + nocere to hurt … English terms dictionary
innocuous — adj. VERBS ▪ appear, be, look, seem ADVERB ▪ perfectly, totally ▪ His comment seemed perfectly innocuous … Collocations dictionary
innocuous — innocuously, adv. innocuousness, innocuity /in euh kyooh i tee/, n. /i nok yooh euhs/, adj. 1. not harmful or injurious; harmless: an innocuous home remedy. 2. not likely to irritate or offend; inoffensive; an innocuous remark. 3. not interesting … Universalium
innocuous — [[t]ɪnɒ̱kjuəs[/t]] ADJ GRADED Something that is innocuous is not at all harmful or offensive. [FORMAL] Both mushrooms look innocuous but are in fact deadly... Even seemingly innocuous words are offensive in certain contexts. Syn: inoffensive … English dictionary
innocuous — adjective /ɪˈnɒkjuəs,ɪˈnɑːkjuəs/ a) Harmless; producing no ill effect. The shells fell for the most part innocuous; an eyewitness saw children at play beside the flaming houses; not a soul was injured. b) Inoffensive; unprovocative; not… … Wiktionary
