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innocuous

[ih-nok-yoo-uhs] / ɪˈnɒk yu əs /


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You might even call “Can’t Stop” innocuous — although if you do, that means you’re not listening closely to the lyrics.

From Salon • Apr. 4, 2026

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

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

Then the film cameras chopped short and the theaters turned dark, and the print presses trickled down from a great Niagara of reading matter to a mere innocuous dripping of ‘pure’ material.

From "The Martian Chronicles" by Ray Bradbury




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