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in·noc·u·ous    Audio Help   [i-nok-yoo-uhs] Pronunciation Key
–adjective
1.not harmful or injurious; harmless: an innocuous home remedy.
2.not likely to irritate or offend; inoffensive; an innocuous remark.
3.not interesting, stimulating, or significant; pallid; insipid: an innocuous novel.
[Origin: 1590–1600; < L innocuus. See in-3, nocuous]

—Related forms
in·noc·u·ous·ly, adverb
in·noc·u·ous·ness, in·no·cu·i·ty    Audio Help   [in-uh-kyoo-i-tee] Pronunciation Key, noun
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  Synonym Collection v1.1Cite This Source
Main Entry:  innocuous
Part of Speech:  adjective
Synonyms:  harmless, inoffensive, insipid, jejune, pallid, unoffending
Source:  Synonym Collection v1.1
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  Roget's II: The New ThesaurusCite This Source
Main Entry:  harmless
Part of Speech:  adjective
Definition:  Devoid of hurtful qualities.
Synonyms:  hurtless, innocent, inoffensive, unoffensive
Source:  Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition
by the Editors of the American Heritage® Dictionary.
Copyright © 2003, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
  Roget's II: The New ThesaurusCite This Source
Main Entry:  insipid
Part of Speech:  adjective
Definition:  Lacking the qualities requisite for spiritedness and originality.
Synonyms:  bland, jejune, namby-pamby, vapid, washy, waterish, watery
Source:  Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition
by the Editors of the American Heritage® Dictionary.
Copyright © 2003, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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