Adjective complement with noun phrase

• render: Chemical waste disposal comes within environmental protection legislation so appropriate steps must be taken to render waste innocuous before disposal.

Used with adjective complement

• seem: These visits may seem quite innocuous, or may involve a sense of adventure or excitement.

• appear: So far, they have all appeared fully innocuous.

• look: I disagree with with Nick here, the 1st foul looked innocuous, the second barely worth a booking.

• sound: One tiny percent sounds so innocuous, whereas £ 8 billion is a colossal sum.

• render: SpeedFerries will in addition have an absolute discretion to jettison, land, destroy or render innocuous any such goods as described above.

• prove: It was likely that scrapie in cattle would prove similarly innocuous.

Modifying Another Word

• seemingly: At any moment, a seemingly innocuous decision can explode in their faces.

• apparently: Note the apparently innocuous use of " popular scientists " .

• fairly: On the second match point against him, the demoralized American fired a forehand long from a fairly innocuous blocked service return from Murray.

• relatively: Why did I react the way I did to a relatively innocuous creature?

• perfectly: Offensive material may get through and some perfectly innocuous sites may be blocked.

• pretty: Check out the following photo ( you can click it for a bigger version ): Seems pretty innocuous, doesn't it?

Modifies a noun

• challenge: An innocuous challenge by Moses saw a penalty awarded which Andy Stephens could do nothing about.

• enough: The title sounds innocuous enough, like a good post for someone looking for a cush way to spend a few months.

• statement: This seemingly innocuous statement caused a couple of raised eyebrows.

• title: Under this innocuous title, the United States was now fully in the business of covert political operations.

• piece: As in the Trojan War they are named after, they are usually disguised as innocuous pieces of code.

• question: A simple, innocuous, little question: " You do have a working phone line, don't you?