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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
innocuous
    adj 1: not injurious to physical or mental health [ant:
           noxious]
    2: not causing disapproval; "it was an innocuous remark";
       "confined himself to innocuous generalities";
       "unobjectionable behavior" [syn: innocuous,
       unobjectionable]
    3: lacking intent or capacity to injure; "an innocent prank"
       [syn: innocent, innocuous]
2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Innocuous \In*noc"u*ous\, a. [L. innocuus; in- not + nocuus
   hurtful, fr. nocere to hurt. See Innocent.]
   Harmless; producing no ill effect.
   [1913 Webster]

         A patient, innocuous, innocent man.      --Burton.
   -- In*noc"u*ous*ly, adv. -- In*noc"u*ous*ness, n.
   [1913 Webster]

         Where the salt sea innocuously breaks.   --Wordsworth.
   [1913 Webster]
Thesaurus Results for innocuous:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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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