innoxious

Example Sentences

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I am well aware that, from any other than the human point of view, this proceeding is very innoxious.

From Death by Maeterlinck, Maurice

The poisonous portion of the plant to man are the seeds and seedstalks, while their dark purple pulp is utterly innoxious and edible.

From Austral English A dictionary of Australasian words, phrases and usages with those aboriginal-Australian and Maori words which have become incorporated in the language, and the commoner scientific words that have had their origin in Australasia by Morris, Edward Ellis

I wish I could render the incentives to every other equally innoxious in his case.’

From The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Brontë, Anne

Born to no Pride, inheriting no Strife, Nor marrying Discord in a noble wife, Stranger to civil and religious rage, The good man walk'd innoxious thro' his age.

From The Rape of the Lock and Other Poems by Pope, Alexander

His party was believed to be subdued, and his own reputation was so tarnished that he was become quite innoxious.

From The Loyalists, Vol. 1-3 An Historical Novel by West, Jane