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Synonyms for innocuous
One audited sense, one true synonym, and three words that come close enough to cost you the rung.
not causing disapproval
It was an innocuous remark.
The true synonym
unobjectionable
Same sentence, swapped: It was an unobjectionable remark.
Close but different
These are the other three tiles the game puts on screen for this sense. Each one is a real word with a real meaning, and none of them is a synonym for innocuous as it is used in the sentence above.
- homely
- teachable
- unpretentious
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