That is an innocuous question!
the drink was innocuous (innocuous means not harmful and innocent)
Terrorists are picking the most innocuous everyday objects for delivering mayhem, making the task of detection difficult. I thought my remark was innocuous, but everyone was staring at me.
The innocuous book had no plot and weak characters.His remark was completely innocuous.
The prefix of the word "innocuous" is "in-".
I went to the snakes exibit and the people who worked there said they were innonuous.
She meant the statement in an innocuous way, but he took it as an insult. The men looked mean and dangerous, but were really quite innocuous.
The word innocuously is an adverb. It means to do something in an innocuous manner.
My innocuous question was intentionally posed with the intent to elicit a more forthcoming response from the witheringly hostile witness. The chemist's addition of certain chemicals to the mixture may elicit an unwanted reaction.
gentle, kindly, benign, well-intentioned
Anything that doesn't offend anyone can be called non-offensive, or sometimes innocuous. Innocuous would work very well to apply to a statement.
The ferocious bear seemed to have a most innocuous smile. The ferocious winds tore the roofs off of many houses last night.