innocent
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1.0
- adjective
- /ˈɪnəsənt/
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inofensivo
- He didn't mean to hurt anyone; his actions were purely innocent.
- seemingly innocent
- innocent victims
- innocent pleasures
This is holding an innocent sport captive.
- This is holding an innocent sport captive.
- It's a perfectly innocent game you can play with your kids.
- I would put that in the category of bumbling but relatively innocent faculty behaviour.
- Infinity and zero are everywhere in physics, even in seemingly innocent things like space or space-time.
- All of this is perfectly innocent according to former second first son Eric.
- He made a conflation that was wholly innocent.
Examples
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So think about it, The value of fairness, which includes protecting innocent people from getting hurt.
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It's a perfectly innocent game you can play with your kids.
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But there are scenarios in which something relatively innocent could could turn bad.
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It was all innocent, right?
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The Newsies prepare for the strike in an atmosphere of innocent fun and chaos.
Fiction book (1992) -
And I've got a very grown up drink, an innocent smoothie just for kids.
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There were days she looked wide-eyed and innocent, and others when she looked wide-eyed and calculating.
Fiction book (1994) -
The pathway to invention through combining things also had a well-traveled and purely innocent dimension.
Academic text (2013) -
I was sorry to interrupt this innocent frolicking when the distinctive chopping noise became audible.
Fiction book (1994) -
They may look cute and innocent but they're nothing but a beehive for germs and bacteria.
Synonyms
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Not able to hurt people or things
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6.5
Unlikely to hurt or upset people
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5.3
Not causing harm to anyone
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3.7
Something that does not upset people and is harmless
Not able to hurt or upset someone
Antonyms
How Harmless
Surface Forms
Etymology
Innocent comes from Latin parts in- 'not' and nocere 'to harm', so an 'innocent' joke or action is one that is 'not meant to hurt' and is harmless.