OXFORD 9000
📚 adj • entry_id 14540

innocuous

/ɪˈnɒkjuəs/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
innocuo • inocuo
Harmless; producing no ill effect.
The shells fell for the most part innocuous; an eyewitness saw children at play beside the flaming houses; not a soul was injured.
With its green cupola or tapering spire, / Which sunset touches with innocuous fire, / The little church appears, to sanctify / The precincts duly where men live and die— [...]
inocente • inofensivo
Inoffensive; unprovocative; unexceptionable.
He sat down, and lighted a cigarette, casting about the while for an innocuous topic of conversation.
Ruth Devlin announced that the song must wait, though it appeared to be innocuous and child-like in its sentiments.