innoxious

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In those volumes of departed rubbish he sinks very low, whenever he essays to mount; but his dulness is innoxious, for few there be who can say, "We have read him."

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 09, No. 54, April, 1862 by Various

The serpents are to be feared, and on approaching them, it is not easy to decide at the first view whether they belong to a poisonous or innoxious species.

From Travels in Peru, on the Coast, in the Sierra, Across the Cordilleras and the Andes, into the Primeval Forests by Ross, Thomasina

Lady Dalrymple and Miss Carteret--they would soon be innoxious cousins to her.

From Persuasion by Austen, Jane

When the mushroom is gathered fresh and quickly dried it is then also innoxious.

From Student's Hand-book of Mushrooms of America, Edible and Poisonous by Taylor, Thomas

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