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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