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- pronunciation:
- ih
nak
yu
s
- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective), Word Parts
part of speech: |
adjective |
definition 1: |
not capable of causing damage; harmless.
Some bacteria are innocuous or even beneficial to health.- synonyms:
- harmless, innocent
- antonyms:
- destructive, noxious, pernicious
- similar words:
- benign, gentle, inoffensive, painless, safe
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definition 2: |
having no annoying or offensive qualities.
There was an odor in the room, but it was innocuous.- synonyms:
- inoffensive
- antonyms:
- offensive, troublesome
- similar words:
- bland, insipid, mild, painless, soft
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definition 3: |
having no interest or value; insipid.
Innocuous movies like that put me to sleep.- synonyms:
- bland, dry, dull, insipid, uninteresting
- similar words:
- banal, barren, empty, flat, humdrum, jejune, meaningless, monotonous, run-of-the-mill, tame, vapid
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related words: |
decent |
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derivations: |
innocuously (adv.), innocuousness (n.) |
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