innocuous: Meaning and Definition of

in•noc•u•ous

Pronunciation: (i-nok'y-us), [key]
— adj.
  1. not harmful or injurious; harmless: an innocuous home remedy.
  2. not likely to irritate or offend; inoffensive; an innocuous remark.
  3. not interesting, stimulating, or significant; pallid; insipid: an innocuous novel.
Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.
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