Innocuous vs Unwicked - What's the difference?
innocuous | unwicked |
Harmless; producing no ill effect.
* 1892 , , A Footnote to History , ch. 9:
* 1910 , , The Lair of the White Worm , ch. 11:
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Inoffensive; unprovocative; not exceptional.
* 1893 , , Mrs. Falchion , ch. 12:
* 1910 , , The Intrusion of Jimmy , ch. 28:
Not wicked (evil or mischievous); innocuous.
* 2010 , Chuck Crisafulli, ?Kyra Thompson, Go to Hell: A Heated History of the Underworld (page 282)
Not wicked (fitted with a wick); wickless.
* 1998 , Jane Blake, ?Emily Paulsen, ?Keith Scott Morton, Handmade candles: recipes for crafting candles at home (page 86)
As adjectives the difference between innocuous and unwicked
is that innocuous is harmless; producing no ill effect while unwicked is not wicked (evil or mischievous); innocuous.innocuous
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- The shells fell for the most part innocuous ; an eyewitness saw children at play beside the flaming houses; not a soul was injured.
- Other things, too, there were, not less deadly though seemingly innocuous —dried fungi, traps intended for birds, beasts, fishes, reptiles, and insects.
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- Ruth Devlin announced that the song must wait, though it appeared to be innocuous and child-like in its sentiments.
- He sat down, and lighted a cigarette, casting about the while for an innocuous topic of conversation.
Synonyms
* innoxious, nonpoisonous, nontoxic * (inoffensive) uncontroversialAntonyms
* nocuous * noxious * harmful * poisonous * toxicDerived terms
* innocuity * innocuously * innocuousnessunwicked
English
Adjective
(-)- Finally, sinners drink a tea that lets them forget their sins (and hopefully their dismemberment) to ready them for another attempt at an unwicked life.
- Pour the wax into the unwicked molds and allow to cool for 6 hours or overnight.