innocuous

UK /ɪˈnɒkjuəs/ US /ɪˈnɑkjuəs/
adj 2

Definitions

adj

1

Harmless; producing no ill effect.

With its green cupola or tapering spire, / Which sunset touches with innocuous fire, / The little church appears, to sanctify / The precincts duly where men live and die— [...]

The shells fell for the most part innocuous; an eyewitness saw children at play beside the flaming houses; not a soul was injured.

2

Inoffensive; unprovocative; unexceptionable.

Ruth Devlin announced that the song must wait, though it appeared to be innocuous and child-like in its sentiments.

He sat down, and lighted a cigarette, casting about the while for an innocuous topic of conversation.

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