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Which word fits this meaning?
Unlikely to cause harm or offense.
adjective
Reveal word and examples
innocuous
The question seemed innocuous until the disagreement became apparent.
The club took steps to mitigate the disruption by clarifying the rules and offering a new question period. Refreshments might palliate the frustration during a long meeting, but they would not resolve the dispute. A proposed reminder about the deadline was innocuous on its own; the coordinator checked its wording anyway because members were now reading every announcement with unusual suspicion.