innocuous

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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 • Jan. 23, 2026

It seemed innocuous enough, with a running total of revenues from a couple of seasons in the 1970s.

From BBC • Jan. 20, 2026

This may sound innocuous, but it led to a massive transformation.

From Salon • Dec. 28, 2025

But at some point between February and late April, this seemingly innocuous piece of data simply vanished from Miami’s online roster.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 18, 2025

It’s a little anxiety-provoking, how this innocuous multiplication principle can make our mortality more vivid.

From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos