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in·noc·u·ous    Audio Help   [i-nok-yoo-uhs] Pronunciation Key
–adjective
1.not harmful or injurious; harmless: an innocuous home remedy.
2.not likely to irritate or offend; inoffensive; an innocuous remark.
3.not interesting, stimulating, or significant; pallid; insipid: an innocuous novel.

[Origin: 1590–1600; < L innocuus. See in-3, nocuous]

in·noc·u·ous·ly, adverb
in·noc·u·ous·ness, in·no·cu·i·ty    Audio Help   [in-uh-kyoo-i-tee] Pronunciation Key, noun
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in·noc·u·ous    Audio Help   (ĭ-nŏk'yōō-əs)  Pronunciation Key 
adj.  
  1. Having no adverse effect; harmless.
  2. Not likely to offend or provoke to strong emotion; insipid.


[From Latin innocuus : in-, not; see in-1 + nocuus, harmful (from nocēre, to harm; see nek-1 in Indo-European roots).]

in·noc'u·ous·ly adv., in·noc'u·ous·ness n.
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Main Entry:  innocuous1
Part of Speech:  adj
Definition:  harmless; innoxious
Etymology:  Latin in- + nocere 'to injure'

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Main Entry:  innocuous2
Part of Speech:  adj
Definition:  unlikely to arouse strong feeling; insipid
Etymology:  Latin in- + nocere 'to injure'

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innocuous 
1598, from L. innocuus "harmless," from in- "not" + nocuus "hurtful," from root of nocere "to injure, harm," from causative form of PIE *nek- "death."

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innocuous

adjective
1. not injurious to physical or mental health [ant: noxious
2. not causing disapproval; "it was an innocuous remark"; "confined himself to innocuous generalities"; "unobjectionable behavior" 
3. lacking intent or capacity to injure; "an innocent prank" [syn: innocent

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innocuous [iˈnokjuəs] adjective
harmless
Example: This drug was at first mistakenly thought to be innocuous.
Arabic: غَير ضار، غَيْر مُؤْذٍ
Chinese (Simplified): 无害的
Chinese (Traditional): 無害的
Czech: neškodný
Danish: harmløs; uskadelig
Dutch: onschadelijk
Estonian: ohutu
Finnish: vaaraton
French: inoffensif
German: unschädlich
Greek: αβλαβής
Hungarian: ártalmatlan
Icelandic: meinlaus, hættulaus
Indonesian: tak berbahaya
Italian: innocuo
Japanese: 無害の
Korean: 해가 없는
Latvian: nekaitīgs
Lithuanian: nekenksmingas
Norwegian: uskadelig, harmløs
Polish: nieszkodliwy
Portuguese (Brazil): inócuo
Portuguese (Portugal): inofensivo
Romanian: inofensiv
Russian: безвредный
Slovak: neškodný
Slovenian: neškodljiv
Spanish: inocuo, inofensivo
Swedish: oskadlig, ofarlig
Turkish: zararsız, tehlikesiz
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in·noc·u·ous (-nky-s)
adj.

Having no adverse effect; harmless.

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Main Entry: in·noc·u·ous
Pronunciation: in-'äk-y&-w&s
Function: adjective
: producing no injury : not harmful —in·noc·u·ous·ly adverb

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Innocuous

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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