Definitions for: Innocuous

[adj] lacking intent or capacity to injure; "an innocent prank"
[adj] not injurious to physical or mental health
[adj] not causing disapproval; "it was an innocuous remark"; "confined himself to innocuous generalities"; "unobjectionable behavior"
[adj] unlikely to harm or disturb anyone; "harmless old man"

Webster (1913) Definition: 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.

Synonyms: harmless, innocent, innoxious, inoffensive, insipid, safe, uncontroversial, unobjectionable

Antonyms: harmful, noxious

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