anodin
Meanings
Adjective
1. anodyne (pharmacology)
2. ineffective (figuratively)
3. innocuous, harmless, trivial (by extension)
4. trivial, unimportant, insignificant
Examples7
un discours anodin
an innocuous speech
Dans l'état des choses, il ne faut pas se contenter de remèdes anodins.
Given the current state of affairs, we must not be contented with ineffectual remedies.
Les préparations de ciguë, d'opium, etc., sont des remèdes anodins.
Preparations of hemlock, opium, and so forth, are known as anodynes.
anodin en apparence
seemingly trivial
Je ne dirais pas que c'était anodin.
I wouldn't say it was unimportant.
Ce n'est pas une réalisation anodine.
This is no trivial accomplishment.