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benign
/bɪˈnaɪn/
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Stress “nine”; the “g” is silent.
Use two syllables and a light opening vowel. In the second syllable, move from the long i vowel straight into n without pronouncing a separate g.
2 syllables · Stress on syllable 2
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“The growth was benign.”
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CMU Pronouncing Dictionary ↗What does benign mean?
adjective
- Kind; gentle; mild.
- Of a climate or environment, mild and favorable.
- Not harmful to the environment.
More meanings (1)
adjective
- Not posing any serious threat to health; not particularly aggressive or recurrent.
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IPA pronunciation
/bɪˈnaɪn/
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I immediately beg of him to take it where its presumably benign influence will fail to reach me.
Humanity and good policy conspire to dictate, that the benign prerogative of pardoning should be as little as possible fettered or embarrassed.
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A benign though tardy Providence blurred my vision and my mind as I sank into unconsciousness across the lifeless body of my only son.
Among the benign bone tumors are exostoses--homologous outgrowths differing from hypertrophies, as they only involve a limited part of the circumference.
In benign tumors the abnormal proliferation of cells takes place slowly, and they do not tend to immediate and rapid decay and deterioration.