innocuous

Example Sentences

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Finally, a lot of people seem to be waking up to this “Blade Runner” nightmare, most recently exemplified by a seemingly innocuous Super Bowl ad about a lost dog.

From Salon • Feb. 20, 2026

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

From BBC • Jan. 20, 2026

I had a recurring thing around being in the supermarket, which I thought was totally innocuous.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 12, 2026

The research suggests, therefore, layoffs might have been driven by more disturbing factors rather than the innocuous justifications proffered by chief executives.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 16, 2025

The news was innocuous enough by twenty-first-century standards, but in the context of social attitudes in America in the 1930s it came as a profound shock.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown