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innocuous
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Learner's definition of INNOCUOUS
[more innocuous; most innocuous]
1
: not likely to bother or offend anyone : inoffensive无恶意的；无冒犯的
- He told a few innocuous jokes.他讲了几个没有恶意的笑话。
- an innocuous question不得罪人的问题
2
— innocuously
adverb— innocuousness
noun [noncount]
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Look at the Prefix to Define Innocuous
Innocuous has harmful roots – it comes to us from the Latin adjective innocuus, which was formed by combining the negative prefix in- with a form of the verb nocēre, meaning "to harm" or "to hurt." In addition, nocēre is related to the truly "harmful" words noxious, nocent, and even nocuous. Innocent is from nocēre as well, although like innocuous it has the in- prefix negating the hurtful possibilities. Innocuous first appeared in print in the early 17th century with the clearly Latin-derived meaning "harmless or causing no injury" (as in "an innocuous gas"). The second sense is a metaphorical extension of the idea of injury, used to indicate that someone or something does not cause hurt feelings, or even strong feelings ("an innocuous book" or "innocuous issues," for example).
Example Sentences
Gossip is a relatively innocuous manifestation; fashioning one's self as eternally battling a white America mired in "racism" is a more noisome one. 
John McWhorter, Wall Street Journal, 17 Sept. 2003 Small and innocuous looking, the habanero is uncontested as the hottest pepper in the world, the mother of all peppers. Jim Robbins, Smithsonian, January 1992 And there was LeRoy … a somewhat gruesome but innocuous neighborhood dimwit who gave me the creeps when he sat down on the front stoop to listen to a bunch of us talking after school. Philip Roth, New York Times Book Review, 18 Oct. 1987 The salamander, an innocuous amphibian like a big newt, was also regarded with a mixture of horror and awe. David Attenborough, The First Eden, 1987 He told a few innocuous jokes. those innocuous lies we must tell every day if society is to remain civil See More
John McWhorter, Wall Street Journal, 17 Sept. 2003 Small and innocuous looking, the habanero is uncontested as the hottest pepper in the world, the mother of all peppers. Jim Robbins, Smithsonian, January 1992 And there was LeRoy … a somewhat gruesome but innocuous neighborhood dimwit who gave me the creeps when he sat down on the front stoop to listen to a bunch of us talking after school. Philip Roth, New York Times Book Review, 18 Oct. 1987 The salamander, an innocuous amphibian like a big newt, was also regarded with a mixture of horror and awe. David Attenborough, The First Eden, 1987 He told a few innocuous jokes. those innocuous lies we must tell every day if society is to remain civil See More Recent Examples on the Web Users are concerned that someone with malicious intent could publish an innocuous tweet and garner engagement through likes and retweets. Moises Mendez Ii, Time, 1 Sep. 2022 One person’s innocuous white noise is another’s torture. Rekha Tenjarla, Washington Post, 31 Aug. 2022 In 2015, journalists at the Glasgow Herald found that an innocuous-seeming partnership called Fortuna United LP was the final owner of $1 billion stolen from Moldovan banks in 2014. Geoffrey Wheatcroft, The New Republic, 24 Aug. 2022 The scientists discovered a way to disintegrate two concentrated, toxic forms of PFAS into smaller, innocuous compounds that decompose. Manasee Wagh, Popular Mechanics, 22 Aug. 2022 Molly Olmstead argued in Slate that the Times was irresponsible to publish a piece treating reactionary Catholicism as a fun, innocuous trend. Grayson Quay, The Week, 16 Aug. 2022 An innocuous-seeming organization with ties to the Iranian government has become one of the main ways Americans understand the Islamic Republic. Clifford Smith, National Review, 9 Aug. 2022 An innocuous post by a country-cooking chain turned into a Facebook food-fight this week. Al.com Staff, al, 4 Aug. 2022 But the otherwise innocuous incident fits the greater feel of what’s been billed as a celebratory, unifying weekend for racing in America. Nathan Brown, The Indianapolis Star, 3 Aug. 2022 See More
Moises Mendez Ii, Time, 1 Sep. 2022 One person’s innocuous white noise is another’s torture. Rekha Tenjarla, Washington Post, 31 Aug. 2022 In 2015, journalists at the Glasgow Herald found that an innocuous-seeming partnership called Fortuna United LP was the final owner of $1 billion stolen from Moldovan banks in 2014. Geoffrey Wheatcroft, The New Republic, 24 Aug. 2022 The scientists discovered a way to disintegrate two concentrated, toxic forms of PFAS into smaller, innocuous compounds that decompose. Manasee Wagh, Popular Mechanics, 22 Aug. 2022 Molly Olmstead argued in Slate that the Times was irresponsible to publish a piece treating reactionary Catholicism as a fun, innocuous trend. Grayson Quay, The Week, 16 Aug. 2022 An innocuous-seeming organization with ties to the Iranian government has become one of the main ways Americans understand the Islamic Republic. Clifford Smith, National Review, 9 Aug. 2022 An innocuous post by a country-cooking chain turned into a Facebook food-fight this week. Al.com Staff, al, 4 Aug. 2022 But the otherwise innocuous incident fits the greater feel of what’s been billed as a celebratory, unifying weekend for racing in America. Nathan Brown, The Indianapolis Star, 3 Aug. 2022 See More Word History
Etymology
Latin innocuus, from in- + nocēre — see innocent entry 1
First Known Use
1631, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Time Traveler
The first known use of innocuous was in 1631 adjective
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