Innocuous

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Innocuous \In*noc"u*ous\, a. [L. innocuus; in- not + nocuus
     hurtful, fr. nocere to hurt. See {Innocent}.]
     Harmless; producing no ill effect.
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           A patient, innocuous, innocent man.      --Burton.


     -- {In*noc"u*ous*ly}, adv. -- {In*noc"u*ous*ness}, n.
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           Where the salt sea innocuously breaks.   --Wordsworth.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  innocuous
       adj 1: not injurious to physical or mental health [syn: {harmless}]
              [ant: {noxious}]
       2: unlikely to harm or disturb anyone; "harmless old man" [syn:
           {harmless}]
       3: not causing disapproval; "it was an innocuous remark";
          "confined himself to innocuous generalities";
          "unobjectionable behavior" [syn: {unobjectionable}]
       4: lacking intent or capacity to injure; "an innocent prank"
          [syn: {innocent}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  35 Moby Thesaurus words for "innocuous":
     benign, harmless, homely, humble, humble-looking, humble-visaged,
     humblest, 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