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   innocuous

   /ɪˈnɒkjʊəs/

   adjective

   • 1. not harmful or offensive: "it was an innocuous question" Similar harmlesssafenon-dangerousnon-poisonousnon-toxicnon-irritantnon-injuriousinnocentedibleeatablewholesomerare:innoxiousinoffensiveunobjectionableunexceptionableunoffendingharmlessmildpeacefulgentletameinsipidanodyneblandunremarkablecommonplacerun-of-the-millOpposite harmfulobnoxious

   Word Origin late 16th century: from Latin innocuus, from in- ‘not’ + nocuus ‘injurious’ (see nocuous).

   Derivatives

   • 1. innocuously adverb
   • 2. innocuousness noun

   Scrabble Points: 11

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