(a.) Not harmful; free from that which can injure; innoxious; innocuous; harmless; as, an innocent medicine or remedy.
(a.) Morally free from guilt; guiltless; not tainted with sin; pure; upright.
(a.) Free from the guilt of a particular crime or offense; as, a man is innocent of the crime charged.
(a.) Simple; artless; foolish.
(a.) Lawful; permitted; as, an innocent trade.
(a.) Not contraband; not subject to forfeiture; as, innocent goods carried to a belligerent nation.
(n.) An innocent person; one free from, or unacquainted with, guilt or sin.
(n.) An unsophisticated person; hence, a child; a simpleton; an idiot.
Example Sentences:
(1) At the trial Arena admitted involvement in criminal activity, but insisted he was innocent of the murders.
(2) In the UK, Coca-Cola owns Innocent smoothies while PepsiCo has Tropicana.
(3) But to treat a mistake as an automatic disqualification for advancement – even as heinous a mistake as presiding over a botched operation that resulted in the killing of an innocent man – could be depriving organisations, and the country, of leaders who have been tested and will not make the same mistake again.
(4) "They were not innocent, non-political children; these were young people who worked to actively uphold multicultural values.
(5) But Gashi told the Guardian: "I am responsible for innocent people going to jail.
(6) Drones are not only provocative and illegal in international law but have also led to the killing of many innocent civilians in other countries that has had a serious impact on how the US is perceived in the region.
(7) Dr Bhambra sustained the most dreadful life-changing injuries during a sustained racist attack on an innocent man, a member of a caring profession.” There was applause from the public gallery as the verdict was returned.
(8) But there is a difference between the loss of innocence and the growth of darkness.
(9) I do remain limited at present by what I can say due to the ongoing referral to the Criminal Cases Review Commission and whilst I continue to maintain my innocence, I wish to make it clear that I wholeheartedly apologise for the effects that night in Rhyl has had on many people, not least the woman concerned.” The 26-year-old also sought to disassociate himself for the first time from those using the internet to hound his victim.
(10) Maybe this will be increasing the frequency of patrols, or going to places that the Obama administration has been hesitant to go – such as actually undertaking a non-innocent passage military patrols within 12 miles of an artificial island.
(11) George, a loner who was said to have stalked and photographed hundreds of women, always maintained his innocence.
(12) Whitson also had strong words for Missouri Governor Jay Nixon , who has called for the “vigorous prosecution” of Wilson, calling such comments “ludicrous” and contrary to the spirit of “innocent until proven guilty”.
(13) And in today’s attack it was mostly innocent children.
(14) In its statement on Saturday, the ministry of foreign affairs accused the French journalist of “pouring fuel on the fire of terrorism and the brutal killing of innocent civilians”.
(15) However, as we watch Blade Runner , Deckard doesn’t feel like a replicant; he is dour and unengaged, but lacks his victims’ detached innocence, their staccato puzzlement at their own untrained feelings.
(16) Since the allegations became public, fans have taken to holding up homemade signs at Florida State games: "We Support Famous Jameis", "Jameis is Innocent," and "In Jameis Christ We Pray".
(17) Deschamps said: “It’s not that I don’t have confidence in Morgan, I know what he can do, but before making final decisions [on the Euro 2016 squad] it’s important that N’Golo comes with us to get more answers.” Benzema’s lawyer has previously protested his innocence, saying: “He played no part, I repeat no part, in any blackmail or attempted blackmail,” but Deschamps has passed up the opportunity to bring him back into the squad, perhaps feeling the political heat.
(18) Bryant told ESPN : "We were always confident that Chris was innocent but we just couldn't figure out what had happened.
(19) In the end, after a life of serial duplicity, innocent and otherwise, he found serenity.
(20) We can’t do this on our own.” He compared the company to smoothie maker Innocent, whose founders also decided to sell up after a blockbuster offer.
Untainted
Definition:
Example Sentences:
(1) Corruption scandals have left few among the Spanish ruling class untainted, engulfing politicians on the left and right of the spectrum, as well as businesses, unions, football clubs and even the king’s sister .
(2) The son of a civil engineer, who lives in a rented apartment in a run-down district of Athens with his high-school sweetheart and two young children, Tsipras belongs to a generation untainted by power.
(3) But that does not mean we shouldn't aspire to more of the untainted kind.
(4) Facebook Twitter Pinterest Ex-Guantánamo detainee Shaker Aamer tells of brutal treatment Since its 2013 inception for reviewing “forever prisoners” – those detainees deemed too dangerous to release but for whom the administration lacks sufficient untainted evidence to charge with an offense – the review board has cleared 15 detainees for release out of 21 reviewed, a pace that human rights activists and even administration officials have warned is insufficient for Obama to close Guantánamo in his final year in office.
(5) Decades of government intransigence over calls to liberalise the marijuana sector means that Jamaica is light years behind western Europe and the US in terms of establishing laboratory and research infrastructure, official distribution networks, finding merchants untainted by the criminal underworld, and an organised framework of governance.
(6) Once reliable certification and product labelling were in place, consumers could make enlightened choices to purchase goods untainted by slavery, child labour, or other forms of extreme exploitation.
(7) We need to rebuild the reputation of banks and bankers as trusted custodians of people's money, giving objective, impartial advice untainted by opportunities for personal gain, and at the same time make banking transactions as frictionless as possible.
(8) An elegant doctor, former foreign minister and distant relative of the deposed king, Rassoul is the only candidate to have a woman on his slate and even after years in government has stayed untainted by the allegations of corruption that have followed so many other officials.
(9) A university chancellor and ex-finance minister, he was a public intellectual nominated for secretary general of the UN, untainted by corruption rumours that swirl round many powerful Afghans.
(10) Another novelty, in a country where recent polls suggest suspicion both of Putin's ruling party and the opposition, is that Navalny is untainted by association with power in the 1990s.
(11) Some take a pragmatic "good enough" approach to working with and supporting officials they consider relatively untainted.
(12) The sale of shares offered investors exposure to Britain’s economic recovery through a bank untainted by the investigations into past misconduct that have hampered some of its larger rivals.
(13) Graft scandals have left few among the Spanish ruling class untainted, engulfing politicians on the left and right, as well as businesses, unions and football clubs.
(14) His original books are standing still, untainted by association, their author rich and blithe.
(15) Untainted by power, uncompromised by broken promises and not implicated in the cuts, they would still be playing their old role of party of protest.
(16) They stop short of announcing they have embraced macramé and basket weaving, but the suggestion is that the Dead Weather exists to uphold the lineage of all things untainted by modernity.
(17) See if you can dodge all my bear traps, and declare yourself untainted by tax havens.
(18) Fry has since characterised his friendship with Laurie as "untainted by any sort of schoolboy rivalry" and together the threesome went on to dominate the Footlights comedy club, winning the first Perrier award at Edinburgh in 1981.
(19) Because Clegg was, before Thursday, little known to most voters, the Lib Dems are confident he is also largely untainted.
(20) They want their MP to work hard at Westminster and in the constituency; to be independent but also loyal; to be part of a representative assembly that reflects the diversity of modern Britain, but usually a white bloke; to be full-time, untainted and talented, but also not to cost much in pay, moats or duck houses.