Explaining your challenge to something fairly innocuous is a courteous, adult thing to do. From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy » Discourteous to Wear American Flag Images on Cinco de Mayo?] Reference
He calls your question "innocuous" and yet the feeling is that he questions your motives. From Wordnik.com. [Cutting and Running In Lassen County] Reference
According to Brown's attorney, Brown glanced at, but did not accept, an innocuous congratulatory letter from the Vietnamese prime minister. From Wordnik.com. [Dubious Commerce] Reference
It was an innocuous remark. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
He noted what he called an innocuous collection of photos of junior boxing groups. From Wordnik.com. [A Small Death in the Great Glen] Reference
A speech by the president should be in innocuous exercise in civics and public discourse. From Wordnik.com. [Obama speech to school children: 'You make your own future'] Reference
But since he was "innocuous", let's just whip out the Washington manners book and excuse him. From Wordnik.com. [THE NEWS BLOG] Reference
First up was their take on Obama's "innocuous" use of NASA for diplomatic relations with the Muslim world. From Wordnik.com. [Jon Stewart Rips Fox News For Their Fear Of Muslims (VIDEO)] Reference
Okay I liked him on the subway, and hanging in the bus shelter, and that kind of innocuous “pranking”. From Wordnik.com. [Clip du jour: Manbat! | EW.com] Reference
"The sign is kind of innocuous," Reichenthal offered. From Wordnik.com. Reference
It's exactly this kind of innocuous BS that got Ned fired. From Wordnik.com. [Express Milwaukee] Reference
Come on, attorney general, I thought this information was "innocuous"?. From Wordnik.com. [Palestine Blogs aggregator] Reference
In the news story his lawyer keeps repeating his 'innocuous' comments to these women. From Wordnik.com. [Women's Space] Reference
"We read it and it's kind of innocuous, like motherhood and apple pie, hard to argue with.". From Wordnik.com. [Infoworld News] Reference
In her review of the exhibition, The Times's Roberta Smith called the works "innocuous" and a. From Wordnik.com. [Wheels] Reference
And they were both on the left-hand side of the business section, kind of innocuous, just rates. From Wordnik.com. [SeekingAlpha.com: Home Page] Reference
Bothered by that, Sharon Ellis-Conte said that the situation isn't "innocuous," and implied a deeper issue is at play. From Wordnik.com. [Local News] Reference
Under certain circumstances, geneticists have discovered, the "innocuous" genes can come back to life, triggering FSHD. From Wordnik.com. [Latest News - UPI.com] Reference
It was amazing how seemingly innocuous, meaningless interactions snowballed into critical decision-making influences and drivers. From Wordnik.com. [Advertising Age - Homepage] Reference
Initially, Microsoft said it only saw "innocuous" attacks by a few researchers but now hi-tech criminals are exploiting it as well. From Wordnik.com. [Lockergnome] Reference
Ms Cullen said it was "like pulling hen's teeth" to get Mr. Lewis to admit "innocuous" details such as being at someone's home for a party. From Wordnik.com. [MYKAWARTHA - Home] Reference
"innocuous," that is to say, devoid of original ideas. From Wordnik.com. [Books and Persons Being Comments on a Past Epoch 1908-1911] Reference
We’re talking about some whole other kind of innocuous, good-hearted abuses. From Wordnik.com. [Matthew Yglesias » Surveillance Abuse in the USA] Reference
Why plant an innocuous question about global warming?. From Wordnik.com. [Hillary’s Achilles’ Heel] Reference
But that work isn't as innocuous as it first appears, either. From Wordnik.com. [Art In Exile] Reference
Often, facts are innocuous until they're combined with other facts. From Wordnik.com. [The Accidental 'Techie'] Reference
The relationship between China Resources and Lippo may be innocuous. From Wordnik.com. [A China Connection?] Reference
In the beginning, my husband and I thought that the conversations were innocuous. From Wordnik.com. ['Sexy F Seeks Hot M': A Mother's Tale] Reference
So that seemingly innocuous trick now affects everything from ATMs to weapons systems. From Wordnik.com. [The Day The World Shuts Down] Reference
Those somewhat innocuous anecdotes that library officials censored reflect the way it really was. From Wordnik.com. [History In The Making] Reference
Subway series is an innocuous title for what, traditionally, has been a fratricidal civic rivalry. From Wordnik.com. [Let's Go To The Videotape] Reference
After those seemingly innocuous observations, "I was chased off the net by rabid hounds," recalls Cortese. From Wordnik.com. [MEN, WOMEN & COMPUTERS] Reference
As investigators piece together the lives of the hijackers, details that once seemed innocuous now loom large. From Wordnik.com. [The Road To September 11] Reference
He's gun-shy about talking about his personal life, going off the record even with innocuous personal stories. From Wordnik.com. [Days of 'Thunder'] Reference
His Qaeda organization is also technologically sophisticated, sometimes embedding coded messages in innocuous-seeming Web sites. From Wordnik.com. [The Road To September 11] Reference
Well, not only does the owlish 6-year-old now have his own CBS kidcom, half an hour of innocuous family fluff called "" Meego. ''. From Wordnik.com. [Faces Of The Fall] Reference
But you still have to eat something, and Galland and others contend that even the most innocuous of foods can create intestinal havoc. From Wordnik.com. [Gut Reactions] Reference
Earlier this summer, Rep. Peter Hoekstra fired off a seemingly innocuous line on Twitter in response to the election protests in Iran. From Wordnik.com. [@Foot in Mouth] Reference
Like most products that eventually become legal quagmires, silicone implants seemed innocuous when they were introduced in the early 1960s. From Wordnik.com. [Disorder In The Court] Reference
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