Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The state or quality of being innocuous; harmlessness.

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  • noun The condition of being innocuous

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Examples

  • I always fare the best with my innocuousness, which is up to 20 percent conscious.

    The Other Einstein Smolin, Lee 2007

  • And the trend toward "programs of towering innocuousness" by all the commercial networks has been steady and unstoppable for the past 60 years.

    Jeffrey Shaffer: Take A Bow, Mr. Corwin Jeffrey Shaffer 2011

  • I knew that to set out with the express aim of 'reaching as many sets as possible' would mean studying to write soap operas, or gags, or programs of towering innocuousness.

    Jeffrey Shaffer: Take A Bow, Mr. Corwin Jeffrey Shaffer 2011

  • Cancel that innocuousness, then, because if you are Austin or Wade or Armstrong or any of the seven other receivers on the field for Redskins workouts this week, each of those drills is being parsed, and each one matters.

    Competition is intense for Washington Redskins wide receivers by Barry Svrluga 2010

  • When audiences finally got to see the much-talked-about pro-life Superbowl ad featuring Heisman Trophy winner Tim Tebow in January, many were taken aback by its innocuousness.

    Tim Tebow: Focus On The Family Commercial Will Cost Him Endorsement Deals 2010

  • And on an April morning in 1995, its innocuousness was forever laced with toxins: number-two diesel fuel, ammonium nitrate, shrapnel, the very smell of death.

    dustbury.com » Murrah 2010

  • This is yet another example of the calculating and methodical nature of their tactics -- which, of course, calls into question the innocuousness of earlier statements they and their supporters have made about MLK/Johnson, Obama being a "kid," Obama "shucking and jiving" and his past drug use etc.

    Election Central | Talking Points Memo | Hillary Campaign Opens Fire On Obama Over Reagan Comments 2009

  • "The mostly quiet and unspectacular invasion of illegal immigrants does not focus the attention of the nations the way open warfare does, but is all the more insidious for its stealth and innocuousness."

    Boing Boing 2007

  • He surrendered early to the demand for an independent prosecutor because he felt so secure about the innocuousness of the case.

    The Confessions of Bill Bromwich, David 2009

  • This is yet another example of the calculating and methodical nature of their tactics -- which, of course, calls into question the innocuousness of earlier statements they and their supporters have made about MLK/Johnson, Obama being a "kid," Obama "shucking and jiving" and his past drug use etc.

    Hillary Campaign Opens Fire On Obama Over Reagan Comments 2009

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