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innocuous
1 ENTRIES FOUND:
innocuous
(adjective)
innocuous
/ɪ
ˈ
nɑːkjəwəs/
adjective
innocuous
/ɪ
ˈ
nɑːkjəwəs/
adjective
Britannica Dictionary definition of INNOCUOUS
[
more innocuous; most innocuous
]
1
:
not likely to bother or offend anyone
:
inoffensive
He told a few
innocuous
jokes.
an
innocuous
question
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2
:
causing no injury
:
harmless
an
innocuous
gas
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— innocuously
adverb
— innocuousness
noun
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noncount
]
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