HOW TO PRONOUNCE
innocuous
/ˌɪˈnɑkjuəs/
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Stress “noc,” then listen for “yoo.”
After the strong second syllable, keep the y sound leading into oo, followed by a separate light uh before the final s.
4 syllables · Stress on syllable 2
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“The remark seemed innocuous at first.”
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CMU Pronouncing Dictionary ↗What does innocuous mean?
adjective
- Harmless; producing no ill effect.
- Inoffensive; unprovocative; unexceptionable.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˌɪˈnɑkjuəs/
Pronunciation used in the listening tip.
CMU Pronouncing Dictionary ↗Pronunciation varies by speaker and region. About these dictionary pronunciations.
In the pages of books
See this word in context.
The rapid evaporation quickly dispels the vapors and the dry heat desiccates the disease creating germs and makes them innocuous.
In this particular case, however mechanical and innocuous it might be at other times, Hepzibah’s contortion of brow served her in good stead.
More book examples (3)
In a similar way the breach of other tabus, such as the entering of a room which is LALI, may be rendered innocuous.
He has discovered the art of making fire, by which hard and stringy roots can be rendered digestible, and poisonous roots or herbs innocuous.
If the Hippocratic writers knew that this coiling is sometimes quite innocuous, they did not in any place state the fact.