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in·noc·u·ous

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–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

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—Related forms

in·noc·u·ous·ly, adverb

in·noc·u·ous·ness, in·no·cu·i·ty

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in·noc·u·ous Audio Help (ĭ-nŏk'yōō-əs) Pronunciation Key
adj.

Having no adverse effect; harmless.
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]

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary (Beta Version) - Cite This Source - Share This
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