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unlikely to harm or disturb- She made some innocuous comments while being careful not to hurt anyone's feelings.
innocuous = unlikely to harm or disturb
- Her comments were innocuous, but he quoted them out of context to make them appear sinister.
- When he walked away, after a few dozen paces, a black book fell innocuously from his coat pocket without his knowledge.Markus Zusak -- The Book Thief
- The great words flutter innocuously to the courtroom floor.Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee -- Inherit the Wind
- The only other address I had was the innocuous box number which people used who didn't want to advertise the fact they lived in an asylum.Sylvia Plath -- The Bell Jar
- If you saw it from a distance, the sinkhole seemed innocuous—like an overgrown mud puddle just starting to dry out.Alice Sebold -- The Lovely Bones
- For there was one last letter, this one in code, seemingly innocuous in its babbling about hunting and the tedium of life in Niagara.Orson Scott Card -- Red Prophet
- The terrace was peaceful and innocuous-looking in the sunshine.Agatha Christie -- And Then There Were None
- During the extremely innocuous and very friendly conference,Robert Ludlum -- The Bourne Ultimatum
- Ogawa had always been an innocuous man, one of the few Japanese whom Louie had never had reason to fear.Laura Hillenbrand -- Unbroken
- With ... Hal swearing innocuously ... they staggered into John Thornton's campJack London -- The Call of the Wild
- ...from a great Niagara of reading matter to a mere innocuous dripping of...Ray Bradbury -- The Martian Chronicles
- This celebrated statesman was carrying on an innocuous conversation while his mind was riveted on an entirely different subject.Robert Ludlum -- The Bourne Supremacy
- "You . . . you haven't seen Mom in years."
"That's not true," she said simply, as if I'd told her the wrong time, something that innocuous.Sarah Dessen -- Lock and Key - Send in the most innocuous person from Twelve they can come up with.Suzanne Collins -- Mockingjay
- Conscious of Astaroth's prohibitions, Max allowed himself no books but took one innocuous paper—a private note that...Henry H. Neff -- The Fiend And The Forge
- But a little later it was reminding her a good deal less of that innocuous function.Aldous Huxley -- Brave New World
- In the fading light, the chain links look as innocuous as usual.Suzanne Collins -- Catching Fire
- My mind had raced with awful possibilities, picturing her dead on the highway, but the truth was actually much more innocuous.Sarah Dessen -- The Truth About Forever
- It is, no doubt, impossible to prevent his praying for his mother, but we have means of rendering the prayers innocuous.C.S. Lewis -- The Screwtape Letters
innocuous = unlikely to harm or disturb
innocuously = seemingly harmlessly
innocuously = harmlessly
innocuous = unlikely to disturb (not arousing concern)
innocuous = harmless
innocuous = harmless
innocuous = harmless
innocuous = harmless
innocuous = unlikely to harm or disturb
innocuously = harmlessly
innocuous = unlikely to harm or disturb
innocuous = harmless
innocuous = unlikely to disturb
innocuous = unlikely to harm or disturb
innocuous = unlikely to harm or disturb
innocuous = harmless
innocuous = unlikely to harm
innocuous = harmless (not disturbing)
innocuous = harmless
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