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Word entry · 9 letters

innocuous

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"Harmless"

9 letters · collected on this word page

9 lettersPronunciation /ɪˈnɒkjuəs/Part of speech adjectiveSorted cinnoosuuStarts with IEnds with S1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. lacking intent or capacity to injure

Word origin

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

Used in a sentence

  • 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— [...]
  • The shells fell for the most part innocuous; an eyewitness saw children at play beside the flaming houses; not a soul was injured.
  • The effects of any one instance of TV absorbing and pablumizing cultural tokens seems innocuous enough.

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