innoxious

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As a pigment, zinc white may be said to be innoxious.

From Field's Chromatography or Treatise on Colours and Pigments as Used by Artists by Salter, Thomas

If, on the contrary, we observe the natural defects of aristocracy, we shall find that their influence is comparatively innoxious in the direction of the external affairs of a State.

From Democracy in America — Volume 1 by Reeves, Henry

It enables you to discover that riches and titles do not confer merit; you think comparatively little of them; and, as far as relates to you, at any rate, their insolence is innoxious.

From Advice to Young Men And (Incidentally) to Young Women in the Middle and Higher Ranks of Life. In a Series of Letters, Addressed to a Youth, a Bachelor, a Lover, a Husband, a Father, a Citizen, or a Subject. by Cobbett, William

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

We have endeavored to be authentic, and to present matter, which, if it sometimes fail to impart knowledge or instruction, or convey a moral lesson, will, at least, be innoxious.

From Thrilling Adventures by Land and Sea by Brayman, James O.