innoxious
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The sky was bright and cloudless; the atmosphere, apparently, pure and innoxious; while the heat was as great as is generally experienced in the middle of summer.
From Old Saint Paul's A Tale of the Plague and the Fire by Ainsworth, William Harrison
"Using these quarterstaffs brings to mind some of the other supposedly innoxious devices used by police authorities in controlling unruly demonstrations," he said.
From Black Man's Burden by Reynolds, Mack
Just before Jokim rose to commence Budget Speech Jackson came in carrying tumblerful of dark liquid; might be extract of walnut, printer's ink, anything equally innoxious.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 98, April 26 1890 by Various
His party was believed to be subdued, and his own reputation was so tarnished that he was become quite innoxious.
From The Loyalists, Vol. 1-3 An Historical Novel by West, Jane
As a pigment, zinc white may be said to be innoxious.
From Field's Chromatography or Treatise on Colours and Pigments as Used by Artists by Salter, Thomas
