innocuous
[ ih-nok-yoo-uh s ]
/ ɪˈnɒk yu əs /
adjective
not harmful or injurious; harmless: an innocuous home remedy.
not likely to irritate or offend; inoffensive; an innocuous remark.
not interesting, stimulating, or significant; pallid; insipid: an innocuous novel.
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Example sentences from the Web for innocuousness
The adventure in the Scoop scared him for a while into innocuousness; then he resumed his game again with redoubled zest.
Bob, Son of Battle |Alfred OllivantRecent utterances about the innocuousness of Australian snake-poison find a fitting answer in this melancholy occurrence.
On Snake-Poison: its Action and its Antidote |A. MuellerThis is erroneous and is based upon the assumed inefficacy and innocuousness of judicial injunctions.
State of the Union Addresses of William H. Taft |William H. Taft
British Dictionary definitions for innocuousness
innocuous
/ (ɪˈnɒkjʊəs) /
adjective
having little or no adverse or harmful effect; harmless
Derived forms of innocuous
innocuously, adverb innocuousness or innocuity (ˌɪnəˈkjuːɪtɪ), nounWord Origin for innocuous
C16: from Latin
innocuus harmless, from
in-
1 +
nocēre to harm
Medical definitions for innocuousness
innocuous
[ ĭ-nŏk′yōō-əs ]
adj.
Having no adverse effect; harmless.