innocuous

Meaning

  1. Harmless; producing no ill effect.
  2. Inoffensive; unprovocative; unexceptionable.

Opposite of
nocuous, noxious, harmful, poisonous, toxic, beneficial, helpful, valuable, harmless, innocent, innocuous, innoxious, inoffensive, undamaging, unharmful
Frequency

35k
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ɪˈnɒkjuəs/
Etymology

From Latin innocuus (“harmless”) (therefore, no gemination in + nocuous).

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