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Meanings of innocuous in English

Portuguese
inócuo
Catalan
innocu

Not injurious to physical or mental health.

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      inócuo

      Not presenting any danger.

            Lacking intent or capacity to injure.

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                  Examples for "innocent"
                  Examples for "innocent"
                  1
                  And we deplore violence against innocent civilians anywhere that it takes place.
                  Reuters
                  2
                  Some have seen it as innocent; others clearly view it as inappropriate.
                  The Guardian
                  3
                  His history makes the adage 'innocent until proven guilty' a mute point.
                  News.com.au
                  4
                  She had pleaded innocent and accused the military government of political persecution.
                  Reuters
                  5
                  Too many innocent Palestinian mothers have lost their children to this conflict.
                  The Guardian
                  Usage of innocuous in English
                  1
                  My job is innocuous by comparison and takes a quite different direction.'
                  Self's punishment
                  2
                  Military advice to us, offered in a form that looks completely innocuous.
                  Perilous Shield
                  3
                  They-theinnocuous ones here in Camp Hale-werethe ones at greatest risk.
                  A Long Way from Home
                  4
                  Claude seemed barely real to me: a paper clown, innocuous and laughable.
                  The Girls
                  5
                  A seemingly innocuous Windows feature designed to protect users underscores that point.
                  Wired
                  6
                  Perhaps he felt the answers were innocuous enough that they didn't matter.
                  Faefever
                  7
                  A simple, innocuous action like lighting a cigarette is fraught with danger.
                  The corfu trilogy
                  8
                  Relatively innocuous, it looked on paper, and destined for a blanket finish.
                  The Irish Times
                  9
                  Thirdly, that in reality the Illuminati were perfectly innocuous and even praiseworthy.
                  Secret Societies And Subversive Movements
                  10
                  In the fading light, the chain links look as innocuous as usual.
                  Catching Fire
                  11
                  The great political problem of the age was to make him innocuous.
                  Medieval Europe
                  12
                  It all started from a seemingly innocuous article in a local freesheet.
                  The Irish Times
                  13
                  Jonathan Trott was even more innocuous and also allowed only two overs.
                  The Guardian
                  14
                  To keep Scotland innocuous was a primary object with the Tudor King.
                  England under the Tudors
                  15
                  She had the fatal facility for innocuous expression common to her class.
                  A Circuit Rider's Wife
                  16
                  Rooney's injury came from an innocuous-looking tumble on the Stamford Bridge turf.
                  The Guardian
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                  Translations for innocuous
                  Portuguese
                  inócuo
                  Innocuous through the time
                  Innocuous across language varieties
                  Ireland
                  Common
                  United States of America
                  Common
                  United Kingdom
                  Less common