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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Innocuous \In*noc"u*ous\, adjective [L. innocuus; in- not + nocuus hurtful, fr. nocere to hurt. See {Innocent}.] Harmless; producing no ill effect.
A patient, innocuous, innocent man. --Burton. -- {In*noc"u*ous*ly}, adverb -- {In*noc"u*ous*ness}, noun
Where the salt sea innocuously breaks. --Wordsworth.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
innocuous
adjective
1: not injurious to physical or mental health [syn: {harmless}] [ant: {noxious}]
2: unlikely to harm or disturb anyone; "harmless old man" [syn: {harmless}]
3: not causing disapproval; "it was an innocuous remark"; "confined himself to innocuous generalities"; "unobjectionable behavior" [syn: {unobjectionable}]
4: lacking intent or capacity to injure; "an innocent prank" [syn: {innocent}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
35 Moby Thesaurus words for "innocuous": benign, harmless, homely, humble, humble-looking, humble-visaged, humblest, inglorious, innocent, inoffensive, least, low, lowest, lowliest, lowly, mean, modest, nonmalignant, nonpoisonous, nontoxic, nonvirulent, plain, poor, sapless, simple, small, teachable, undamaging, undistinguished, unhurtful, unimportant, uninjurious, unobnoxious, unoffending, unpretentious
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