Definitions for innocuous
ɪˈnɒk yu əsin·nocu·ous

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. innocuousadjective

   not injurious to physical or mental health

2. innocuous, unobjectionableadjective

   not causing disapproval

   "it was an innocuous remark"; "confined himself to innocuous generalities"; "unobjectionable behavior"

3. innocent, innocuousadjective

   lacking intent or capacity to injure

   "an innocent prank"

WiktionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. innocuousadjective

   Harmless; producing no ill effect.

2. innocuousadjective

   Inoffensive; unprovocative; not exceptional.

3. Etymology: From innocuus.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. INNOCUOUSadjective

   Harmless in effects.

   Etymology: innocuus, Latin.

   The most dangerous poisons, skilfully managed, may be made not only innocuous, but of all other medicines the most effectual. Nehemiah Grew, Cosmol.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. innocuous

   Innocuous generally refers to something that is harmless and causes no damage or injury. It can also mean not likely to provoke strong emotion, controversy, or offense. This term can be applied to various entities like actions, statements, substances, or individuals.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:1.0 / 1 vote

1. Innocuousadjective

   harmless; producing no ill effect; innocent

2. Etymology: [L. innocuus; in- not + nocuus hurtful, fr. nocere to hurt. See Innocent.]

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Innocuous

   in-nok′ū-us, adj. not hurtful: harmless in effects.—adv. Innoc′uously.—ns. Innoc′uousness, Innocū′ity, the state of being innocuous. [L. innocuus—in, not, nocuus, hurtful—nocēre, to hurt.]

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How to pronounce innocuous?

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How to say innocuous in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of innocuous in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of innocuous in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of innocuous in a Sentence

1. Keir Giles:

   ' Deportation' is a euphemism. It's been used as a fairly innocuous term for what happened to these people, which was effectively enslavement and starvation. is shipping off the women, the children, the people that you want to remove from societies in order to neutralize them, they are generally met with pretty horrific fates. If they survived at all, they did not return for years or decades.

2. Charge Bill Bodner:

   The deceptive marketing coupled with the ease of accessibility makes these small and seemingly innocuous pills a significant threat to the health and safety of all our communities, a staggering number of teens and young adults are unaware that they are ingesting fentanyl in these fake pills and are being poisoned.

3. James Baldwin:

   Americans, unhappily, have the most remarkable ability to alchemize all bitter truths into an innocuous but piquant confection and to transform their moral contradictions, or public discussion of such contradictions, into a proud decoration, such as are given for heroism on the battle field.

4. Donald Ellison:

   This indictment is filled with allegations of innocuous events that somehow the government has cobbled into a theory of bribery, it's not a crime to be friends with people you work with.

5. Stella Lee:

   The inside of the nose is lined by a multitude of cilia( which look like a shag carpet under the microscope) that are constantly providing clearance of mucus, pathogens and inhaled particulates to the back of the nose by beating in a rhythmic motion, it is amazing that our noses can differentiate between potentially harmful pathogens and innocuous agents.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=innocuous
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Innocuous
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=innocuous
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/innocuous
6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=innocuous
7. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=innocuous