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anodyne

[an-uh-dahyn] / ˈæn əˌdaɪn /
NOUN
painkiller
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He doesn’t actually understand the corporate world but treats it like a game, filling out forms, writing anodyne requests to lawyers and other middlemen, steadily accumulating positions in public companies.

From The Wall Street Journal

And Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. gave a purposely anodyne address to a Washington-based judicial group.

From Los Angeles Times

Quickly the movement became co-opted by an anodyne rallying cry for “girl power.”

From Los Angeles Times

People vote on "vibes", not minor changes to the economy or "anodyne" policies that Sunak has put forward, they say - suggesting the "vibe" that the Tories are heading for defeat will be hard to budge.

From BBC

Elementary-age viewers flock to Kaven’s channel to watch him navigate new games on Roblox, frolic through lavish Disney vacations and unbox surprise egg toys — entertainment most teen and adult observers find baffling but anodyne.

From Los Angeles Times