Brazil is the largest coffee producer in the world. Each year Brazil exports more than 44 million bags of coffee. Vietnam follows at exporting over 27 million bags each year.
INNOCUOUS
innocent, innocuous
(adjective) lacking intent or capacity to injure; “an innocent prank”
innocuous
(adjective) not injurious to physical or mental health
innocuous, unobjectionable
(adjective) not causing disapproval; “it was an innocuous remark”; “confined himself to innocuous generalities”; “unobjectionable behavior”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
innocuous (comparative more innocuous, superlative most innocuous)
Harmless; producing no ill effect.
Inoffensive; unprovocative; not exceptional.
Synonyms
• (harmless, without ill effect): innoxious, nonpoisonous, nontoxic, undamaging, unharmful, harmless
• (inoffensive): uncontroversial
Antonyms
• nocuous
• noxious
• harmful
• poisonous
• toxic
Source: Wiktionary
In*noc"u*ous, a. Etym: [L. innocuus; in- not + nocuus hurtful, fr. nocere to hurt. See Innocent.]
Definition: Harmless; producing no ill effect; innocent. A patient, innocuous, innocent man. Burton.
– In*noc"u*ous*ly, adv.
– In*noc"u*ous*ness, n. Where the salt sea innocuously breaks. Wordsworth.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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EARTHSHAKING
(adjective) sufficiently significant to affect the whole world; “earthshaking proposals”; “the contest was no world-shaking affair”; “the conversation...could hardly be called world-shattering”
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