Innocuous

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/ɪnˈɑkjuːəs/ · इनॉक्युअस

Meaning

Causing no harm

Not intended or likely to offend or upset anyone

Not harmful or offensive

Not harmful or offensive; causing no harm

हिंदी अर्थ

हानिरहित, जिससे कोई नुक़सान न हो

Synonyms · पर्यायवाची
HarmlessInoffensiveAnodyneBenign
Antonyms · विलोम
HarmfulObnoxiousHazardousPerilous
Example sentences

It was an innocuous remark that somehow started a fight.

The snake looks fierce but is innocuous.

Daily use: Innocuous baat thi, pata nahi bawaal kaise hua.

Word forms
Innocuousness nInnocuous adjInnocuously adv
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Noxious यानी हानिकारक (noxious gases) सोचिए; innocuous उसका opposite — जो कोई नुक़सान न करे। Spelling: double 'n' और फिर '-cuous': i-nn-o-c-u-o-u-s।

Think of NOXIOUS, harmful, as in noxious gases. INNOCUOUS is its opposite: a remark, snake or medicine that causes no harm. Mind the spelling: double 'n', then '-cuous': i-nn-o-c-u-o-u-s.

Exam note

'Causing no harm' पर Innocuous आता है। Harmless, inoffensive synonym; harmful, noxious antonym। Insidious (चुपके से हानि) से न उलझिए।

Asked as 'causing no harm'. Harmless and inoffensive are synonyms; harmful and noxious are antonyms. Do not confuse it with insidious (secretly harmful).

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