[more innocuous; most innocuous] 1 : not likely to bother or offend anyone : inoffensive
▪ He told a few innocuous jokes. ▪ an innocuous question 2 : causing no injury : harmless
▪ an innocuous gas
▪ He told a few innocuous jokes. ▪ an innocuous question
▪ an innocuous gas
— in·noc·u·ous·ly adverb
— in·noc·u·ous·ness noun [noncount]







