anodyne

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Editorial note

So instead of the utterly boring and anodyne title Gruqq gave his post...

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Quick take

a medicine used to relieve pain

Meaning at a glance

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noun

a medicine used to relieve pain

adjective

capable of relieving pain; "the anodyne properties of certain drugs"; "an analgesic effect"

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for anodyne.

noun

a medicine used to relieve pain

adjective

capable of relieving pain; "the anodyne properties of certain drugs"; "an analgesic effect"

Example sentences

So instead of the utterly boring and anodyne title Gruqq gave his post...

> socialize us in a way to say things that are relatively anodyne,I freaking wish.

It was renamed back to the anodyne "What clients are proven to be vulnerable to Heartbleed?

It's likely that if it is patented, it's filed under an anodyne name like "A system and method for indexing data".

If you're going to call those "propaganda", could you please suggest another term we can use so people know we're talking about things like Triumph of the Will and not anodyne bumper stickers?

I love that you say some anodyne things and then, with no actual facts or reasoning, conclude that the "true issue" is something that fixes blame and dodges the issues raised in the article.

50/50 odds on an anodyne global economic revolution?

Also, forcing ivory tower types to write working code is the best anodyne I know against unimplementable and overly complex standards.

It still makes me kind of wistful considering how their headlines today are usually completely anodyne to the point of euphemism, which it sound like the author was in some Valium-induced fugue state.

Would not be surprising if message boards like this and some mailing lists socialize us in a way to say things that are relatively anodyne, given the strong bias against trolling and off-topic, ill-considered remarks.