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adjective
- 1. not harmful or offensive: "it was an innocuous question" Similar Opposite
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1. : producing no injury : harmless. 2. : not likely to give offense or to arouse strong feelings or hostility : inoffensive, insipid. innocuously adverb. innocuousness noun. Did you know? Look at the Prefix to Define Innocuous.
adjective. us / ɪˈnɑk·ju·əs / Add to word list. completely without harm: an innocuous statement. innocuous activities. (Definition of innocuous from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
adjective. us / ɪˈnɑk·ju·əs / Add to word list. completely without harm: an innocuous statement. innocuous activities. (Definition of innocuous from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
Innocuous definition: not harmful or injurious; harmless. See examples of INNOCUOUS used in a sentence.
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. Synonyms: harmless, safe, innocent, inoffensive More Synonyms of innocuous. Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary.
adj. 1. not harmful or injurious; harmless: an innocuous home remedy. 2. not likely to irritate or offend; inoffensive; an innocuous remark. [1590–1600; < Latin innocuus. See in - 3, nocuous] in•noc′u•ous•ly, adv. in•noc′u•ous•ness, n.
The adjective innocuous is useful when you're talking about something that doesn't offend or injure anyone. Innocuous remarks or comments are meant kindly, and innocuous germs won't make you sick. An innocuous question is innocently curious, rather than aimed to hurt someone's feelings.
