innocuousness
yu 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.
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| —adj | |
| having little or no adverse or harmful effect; harmless | |
| [C16: from Latin innocuus harmless, from | |
| in'nocuously | |
| —adv | |
| in'nocuousness | |
| —n | |
| innocuity | |
| —n | |
| innocuous (ɪˈnɒkjʊəs) | |
| —adj | |
| having little or no adverse or harmful effect; harmless | |
| [C16: from Latin innocuus harmless, from | |
| in'nocuously | |
| —adv | |
| in'nocuousness | |
| —n | |
| innocuity | |
| —n | |
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Word Origin & History
innocuous
1598, from L. innocuus "harmless," from in- "not" + nocuus "hurtful," from root of nocere "to injure, harm," from *nok-s-, suffixed form of PIE base *nek- "death" (see noxious).
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Medical Dictionary
innocuous in·noc·u·ous (ĭ-nŏk'y&oomacr;-əs)
adj.
Having no adverse effect; harmless.
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