innocuous
Example Sentences
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Unexplained absences can be an early sign of political trouble in China, though officials are known to have missed engagements for innocuous reasons such as illness.
A tidbit of information might seem innocuous on its face, but when combined with other information from other records could reveal sensitive information.
He looked at me with his sad baby blues and shared how he told these innocuous falsities, ultimately, out of deep-seeded self-hatred.
From Los Angeles Times
It seemed innocuous enough, with a running total of revenues from a couple of seasons in the 1970s.
From BBC
I had a recurring thing around being in the supermarket, which I thought was totally innocuous.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
