Meaning of INNOCUOUS
| Pronunciation: | | i'nâkyoous
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- [adj] lacking intent or capacity to injure; "an innocent prank"
- [adj] not injurious to physical or mental health
- [adj] not causing disapproval; "it was an innocuous remark"; "confined himself to innocuous generalities"; "unobjectionable behavior"
- [adj] unlikely to harm or disturb anyone; "harmless old man"
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| | Synonyms: | | harmless, innocent, innoxious, inoffensive, insipid, safe, uncontroversial, unobjectionable |
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| | Antonyms: | | harmful, noxious | | |
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| | Definition: | | \In*noc"u*ous\, a. [L. innocuus; in- not + nocuus
hurtful, fr. nocere to hurt. See {Innocent}.]
Harmless; producing no ill effect; innocent.
A patient, innocuous, innocent man. --Burton.
-- {In*noc"u*ous*ly}, adv. -- {In*noc"u*ous*ness}, n.
Where the salt sea innocuously breaks. --Wordsworth.
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| | Related Terms: | | benign, harmless, homely, humble, humble-looking, humblest, humble-visaged, inglorious, innocent, inoffensive, least, low, lowest, lowliest, lowly, mean, modest, nonmalignant, nonpoisonous, nontoxic, nonvirulent, plain, poor, sapless, simple, small, teachable, undamaging, undistinguished, unhurtful, unimportant, uninjurious, unobnoxious, unoffending, unpretentious |
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