anodyne

"Hearty" and "fondly" stand out to me, given how anodyne and bland these statements so often are.

Not much happened in Venezuela — or, very anodyne things did.

Even more, er, fascinating is that such anodyne language can be used to describe a filmmaker who has always been determined to jolt the viewer out of any sense of complacency.

And Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. gave a purposely anodyne address to a Washington-based judicial group.

Quickly the movement became co-opted by an anodyne rallying cry for “girl power.”