adj.
- Having no adverse effect; harmless.
- Not likely to offend or provoke to strong emotion; insipid.
[From Latin innocuus : in-, not; see in1 + nocuus, harmful (from nocēre, to harm).]
innocuously innoc'uously adv.innocuousness innoc'uousness n.
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innocuous
Quick Definition: harmless
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innocuous
adjective
- Devoid of hurtful qualities: harmless, hurtless, innocent, inoffensive, unoffensive. See help/harm/harmless.
- Lacking the qualities requisite for spiritedness and originality: bland, insipid, jejune, namby-pamby, vapid, washy, waterish, watery. Informal wishy-washy. See excite/bore/interest, good/bad.
innocuous
adj
adj
Definition: harmless
Antonyms: bad, damaging, destructive, harmful, hurtful, injurious
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The adjective innocuous has 4 meanings:
Meaning #1: not injurious to physical or mental health
Synonym: harmless
Antonym: noxious (meaning #1)
Meaning #2: unlikely to harm or disturb anyone
Synonym: harmless
Meaning #3: not causing disapproval
Synonym: unobjectionable
Meaning #4: lacking intent or capacity to injure
Synonym: innocent
Translations for: Innocuous
Dansk (Danish)
adj. - uskadelig, ufarlig, harmls
Nederlands (Dutch)
onschadelijk, ongenspireerd
Franais (French)
adj. - inoffensif, anodin
Deutsch (German)
adj. - unschdlich
ή (Greek)
adj. - ή, ά, ί, ή, ό
Italiano (Italian)
innocuo
Portugus (Portuguese)
adj. - incuo
Русский (Russian)
безвредный
Espaol (Spanish)
adj. - inocuo, inofensivo
Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - oskadlig, ofarlig, intetsgande
中文（简体） (Chinese (Simplified))
无害的, 无毒的
中文（繁體） (Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 無害的, 無毒的
한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 무해한, 독 없는
日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 特に害はない, 無害の, 迫力のない
العربيه (Arabic)
(صفه) حميد, غير ضار
עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - לא פוגע, לא מזיק
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