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benign

(bɪnaɪn )

1. adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun]

You use benign to describe someone who is kind, gentle, and harmless.

They are normally a more benign audience.

Critics of the scheme take a less benign view.

Synonyms: benevolent, kind, kindly, warm

benignly adverb [usually ADVERB with verb]

I just smiled benignly and stood back.

2. adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun]

A benign substance or process does not have any harmful effects.

We're taking relatively benign medicines and we're turning them into poisons.

3. adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun]

A benign tumour will not cause death or serious harm. [medicine]

It wasn't cancer, only a benign tumour.

Synonyms: harmless, innocent, superficial, innocuous

4. adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun]

Benign conditions are pleasant or make it easy for something to happen.

They enjoyed an especially benign climate.

This plunge came in a time of relatively benign economic conditions.

5. benign neglect phrase

If you describe someone's approach to a problem as one of benign neglect, you disapprove of the fact that they are doing nothing and hoping that the problem will solve itself. [disapproval]

I am concerned that some children are the product of benign neglect in the home.

Collocations:

benign condition

At first, adult rumination was described and treated as a benign condition.

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However, being a benign condition, it neither interferes with lung function nor causes symptoms other than a mild cough.

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Massive overconsumption of carrots can cause carotenosis, a benign condition in which the skin turns orange.

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However, despite being a benign condition, liver spots are sometimes considered unsightly and some people choose to have them removed.

Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0

It was a surprise that these boats had broken so quickly in fairly benign conditions.

Times, Sunday Times

benign disease

This benign disease resembles pancreatic carcinoma both clinically and radiographically.

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This procedure was historically done only prophylactically or with mastecomy for benign disease over fear of increased cancer development in retained areolar ductal tissue.

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This increases the likelihood of the patient eventually requiring major open surgery in benign disease and can lead to tracheal cancer presenting too late for curative surgery to be performed.

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A radiation oncologist may also use radiation to treat some benign diseases and benign tumors.

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benign form

Once considered a benign form of unslumming, gentrification became, for the less privileged, another force marginalizing minorities and the poor.

The Times Literary Supplement

In its most benign form, a deflagration may simply be a flash fire.

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The inclusion of this motif should be interpreted in its most pure and benign form, as a token of wellbeing, as it was intended when the building was constructed.

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In its less benign forms, this nationalism provides a licence for religious conflict.

Times, Sunday Times

They start strong and ugly, but they weaken quickly into more benign forms.

Globe and Mail

benign growth

But she was shocked to be told she needed an operation to remove a benign growth that was pressing on her spinal cord.

The Sun

In addition to surgical resection of this hugely expensive politically inflicted disease, would he also wish to treat a more benign growth; that of centralised computerisation?

Times, Sunday Times

Past studies have linked benign growths to heavy mobile phone use.

The Sun

Thousands of people with high blood pressure in their 30s and early 40s should be tested for benign growths that could allow them to be cured, researchers say.

Times, Sunday Times

You may also have polyps, which are soft, painless, benign growths in the nose that hang down like grapes, causing blockages.

The Sun

benign nature

Watch any sports press conference - you can see them on telly these days - and you will be shocked by the benign nature of the questions.

Times, Sunday Times

Every aspect of its lifestyle seems to imply faith in things no longer valid, such as the essentially benign nature of the planet it lives on.

Times, Sunday Times

Its commonness may be explained by its relatively benign nature.

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However, considering the benign nature of this disease, radiation should be considered only in cases of recurrent, disfiguring lesions.

Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0

Despite their benign nature, they can damage nearby structures causing organ dysfunction.

Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0

benign presence

Night, so often a sweet and benign presence, had engulfed him at last.

Times, Sunday Times

It was a reign in which he was a largely benign presence, clearly a huge fan of the club.

Times, Sunday Times

Over the years we have gradually come to see sharks as a more benign presence in the sea.

Times, Sunday Times

Sitting in repose, smoking his ever-present pipe and conversing quietly, he gave the impression of a benign presence.

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I have always thought of online dictionaries as one of the many benign presences on the web; useful, free and yet embodying so much human effort.

Times, Sunday Times

benign smile

That warm benign smile was bestowed on every new person who came within his orbit.

Times, Sunday Times

Whenever the camera picks him out, he seems to be wearing a rather benign smile across his big, strong jaw.

Times, Sunday Times

Another benign smile says it all.

Times, Sunday Times

benign view

Let's take a benign view of local conditions too.

Times, Sunday Times (2009)

How do they come to such a benign view?

Times, Sunday Times (2016)

The curators of the exhibition take a more benign view.

Times, Sunday Times (2010)

entirely benign

First, there are species introduced by us that are entirely benign, such as the horse chestnut and the little owl.

Times, Sunday Times

Then again, maybe the vocalizations are entirely benign—or even a simple pre-dinner celebration.

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But they are as nothing compared to the other entirely benign motivations in play: selfrespect; self-improvement; self-knowledge.

Times, Sunday Times

In his analysis, at least, the resurgence of 'retro' sexist humour isn't entirely benign.

Times, Sunday Times

The reason that the dollar's drop was an almost entirely benign event was that sound monetary policy kept inflation at bay, ensuring sustainable growth.

Times, Sunday Times

environmentally benign

To make green buildings, transport and infrastructure both more energy efficient and environmentally benign.

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In contrast to chemical and physical methods, microbial processes for synthesizing nanomaterials can be achieved in aqueous phase under gentle and environmentally benign conditions.

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Solar power stations provide an environmentally benign source of energy, produce virtually no emissions, and consume no fuel other than sunlight.

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In areas near drainages, creeks and other waterways, excavation spoils are taken away in bulk and deposited in an environmentally benign area.

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For these and similar reasons, more recyclable or environmentally benign catalysts have been sought.

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fairly benign

It was a surprise that these boats had broken so quickly in fairly benign conditions.

Times, Sunday Times

It was a fairly benign childhood, founded on lentils, joss sticks, leftist political debate and free love.

Times, Sunday Times

He seems a fairly benign old cove.

Times, Sunday Times

Yesterday's consumer prices figures indicated that the outlook for inflation was fairly benign.

Times, Sunday Times

In comparison to surgery, eyelash extensions seem a fairly benign way of increasing it.

Times, Sunday Times

generally benign

Share prices in the sector have reflected this generally benign outcome, yet there are reasons to suppose that headwinds are building.

Times, Sunday Times

Our authors have generally benign objectives; also, they have an astute understanding of what readers need, what they enjoy, what they expect and how easy they are to confuse accidentally.

Times, Sunday Times

We may all have much to learn from his example, a lesson fundamental to the future of our generally benign and peaceful pluralism.

Times, Sunday Times

The day was played in generally benign weather and under a blizzard of birdies.

Times, Sunday Times

The tumors are generally benign but may become malignant.

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relatively benign

City analysts said the measures were 'relatively benign' for the industry.

Times, Sunday Times

And you get a dial on the centre console that can turn your relatively benign road car into a screaming track monster.

Times, Sunday Times

The resulting decline in adjusted profits before tax was relatively benign, but still off by 9 per cent to 48.0 million.

Times, Sunday Times

When the thin green spikes appear, they look relatively benign — and this gives it the edge.

Times, Sunday Times

In this moment of fake news, all forms of deliberate obfuscation - including the relatively benign, wishful, and scholarly - are best avoided.

The Times Literary Supplement

seemingly benign

Still, even seemingly benign chains come with a catch.

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Even seemingly benign forces like agriculture and migration have caused considerable soil erosion.

Christianity Today

So if you're going to be allowed anywhere near the grandchildren, you need to knuckle down and learn about the seemingly benign pursuits now known to cause harm.

The Sun

He remains a seemingly benign autocrat but one that zigzags between a nervous respect for traditional values and nodding towards western ideals of progress.

Times, Sunday Times

It challenges the seemingly benign interest we have in criminology and forces us to question our morbid fascination with terrible deeds.

Times, Sunday Times

Translations:

Chinese: 和善的

Japanese: 穏やかな

单词	benign
释义	benign (bɪnaɪn ) 1. adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun] You use benign to describe someone who is kind, gentle, and harmless. They are normally a more benign audience. Critics of the scheme take a less benign view. Synonyms: benevolent, kind, kindly, warm benignly adverb [usually ADVERB with verb] I just smiled benignly and stood back. 2. adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun] A benign substance or process does not have any harmful effects. We're taking relatively benign medicines and we're turning them into poisons. 3. adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun] A benign tumour will not cause death or serious harm. [medicine] It wasn't cancer, only a benign tumour. Synonyms: harmless, innocent, superficial, innocuous 4. adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun] Benign conditions are pleasant or make it easy for something to happen. They enjoyed an especially benign climate. This plunge came in a time of relatively benign economic conditions. 5. benign neglect phrase If you describe someone's approach to a problem as one of benign neglect, you disapprove of the fact that they are doing nothing and hoping that the problem will solve itself. [disapproval] I am concerned that some children are the product of benign neglect in the home. Collocations: benign condition At first, adult rumination was described and treated as a benign condition. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 However, being a benign condition, it neither interferes with lung function nor causes symptoms other than a mild cough. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Massive overconsumption of carrots can cause carotenosis, a benign condition in which the skin turns orange. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 However, despite being a benign condition, liver spots are sometimes considered unsightly and some people choose to have them removed. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It was a surprise that these boats had broken so quickly in fairly benign conditions. Times, Sunday Times benign disease This benign disease resembles pancreatic carcinoma both clinically and radiographically. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 This procedure was historically done only prophylactically or with mastecomy for benign disease over fear of increased cancer development in retained areolar ductal tissue. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 This increases the likelihood of the patient eventually requiring major open surgery in benign disease and can lead to tracheal cancer presenting too late for curative surgery to be performed. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 A radiation oncologist may also use radiation to treat some benign diseases and benign tumors. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 benign form Once considered a benign form of unslumming, gentrification became, for the less privileged, another force marginalizing minorities and the poor. The Times Literary Supplement In its most benign form, a deflagration may simply be a flash fire. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The inclusion of this motif should be interpreted in its most pure and benign form, as a token of wellbeing, as it was intended when the building was constructed. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 In its less benign forms, this nationalism provides a licence for religious conflict. Times, Sunday Times They start strong and ugly, but they weaken quickly into more benign forms. Globe and Mail benign growth But she was shocked to be told she needed an operation to remove a benign growth that was pressing on her spinal cord. The Sun In addition to surgical resection of this hugely expensive politically inflicted disease, would he also wish to treat a more benign growth; that of centralised computerisation? Times, Sunday Times Past studies have linked benign growths to heavy mobile phone use. The Sun Thousands of people with high blood pressure in their 30s and early 40s should be tested for benign growths that could allow them to be cured, researchers say. Times, Sunday Times You may also have polyps, which are soft, painless, benign growths in the nose that hang down like grapes, causing blockages. The Sun benign nature Watch any sports press conference - you can see them on telly these days - and you will be shocked by the benign nature of the questions. Times, Sunday Times Every aspect of its lifestyle seems to imply faith in things no longer valid, such as the essentially benign nature of the planet it lives on. Times, Sunday Times Its commonness may be explained by its relatively benign nature. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 However, considering the benign nature of this disease, radiation should be considered only in cases of recurrent, disfiguring lesions. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Despite their benign nature, they can damage nearby structures causing organ dysfunction. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 benign presence Night, so often a sweet and benign presence, had engulfed him at last. Times, Sunday Times It was a reign in which he was a largely benign presence, clearly a huge fan of the club. Times, Sunday Times Over the years we have gradually come to see sharks as a more benign presence in the sea. Times, Sunday Times Sitting in repose, smoking his ever-present pipe and conversing quietly, he gave the impression of a benign presence. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 I have always thought of online dictionaries as one of the many benign presences on the web; useful, free and yet embodying so much human effort. Times, Sunday Times benign smile That warm benign smile was bestowed on every new person who came within his orbit. Times, Sunday Times Whenever the camera picks him out, he seems to be wearing a rather benign smile across his big, strong jaw. Times, Sunday Times Another benign smile says it all. Times, Sunday Times benign view Let's take a benign view of local conditions too. Times, Sunday Times (2009) How do they come to such a benign view? Times, Sunday Times (2016) The curators of the exhibition take a more benign view. Times, Sunday Times (2010) entirely benign First, there are species introduced by us that are entirely benign, such as the horse chestnut and the little owl. Times, Sunday Times Then again, maybe the vocalizations are entirely benign—or even a simple pre-dinner celebration. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 But they are as nothing compared to the other entirely benign motivations in play: selfrespect; self-improvement; self-knowledge. Times, Sunday Times In his analysis, at least, the resurgence of 'retro' sexist humour isn't entirely benign. Times, Sunday Times The reason that the dollar's drop was an almost entirely benign event was that sound monetary policy kept inflation at bay, ensuring sustainable growth. Times, Sunday Times environmentally benign To make green buildings, transport and infrastructure both more energy efficient and environmentally benign. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 In contrast to chemical and physical methods, microbial processes for synthesizing nanomaterials can be achieved in aqueous phase under gentle and environmentally benign conditions. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Solar power stations provide an environmentally benign source of energy, produce virtually no emissions, and consume no fuel other than sunlight. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 In areas near drainages, creeks and other waterways, excavation spoils are taken away in bulk and deposited in an environmentally benign area. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 For these and similar reasons, more recyclable or environmentally benign catalysts have been sought. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 fairly benign It was a surprise that these boats had broken so quickly in fairly benign conditions. Times, Sunday Times It was a fairly benign childhood, founded on lentils, joss sticks, leftist political debate and free love. Times, Sunday Times He seems a fairly benign old cove. Times, Sunday Times Yesterday's consumer prices figures indicated that the outlook for inflation was fairly benign. Times, Sunday Times In comparison to surgery, eyelash extensions seem a fairly benign way of increasing it. Times, Sunday Times generally benign Share prices in the sector have reflected this generally benign outcome, yet there are reasons to suppose that headwinds are building. Times, Sunday Times Our authors have generally benign objectives; also, they have an astute understanding of what readers need, what they enjoy, what they expect and how easy they are to confuse accidentally. Times, Sunday Times We may all have much to learn from his example, a lesson fundamental to the future of our generally benign and peaceful pluralism. Times, Sunday Times The day was played in generally benign weather and under a blizzard of birdies. Times, Sunday Times The tumors are generally benign but may become malignant. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 relatively benign City analysts said the measures were 'relatively benign' for the industry. Times, Sunday Times And you get a dial on the centre console that can turn your relatively benign road car into a screaming track monster. Times, Sunday Times The resulting decline in adjusted profits before tax was relatively benign, but still off by 9 per cent to 48.0 million. Times, Sunday Times When the thin green spikes appear, they look relatively benign — and this gives it the edge. Times, Sunday Times In this moment of fake news, all forms of deliberate obfuscation - including the relatively benign, wishful, and scholarly - are best avoided. The Times Literary Supplement seemingly benign Still, even seemingly benign chains come with a catch. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Even seemingly benign forces like agriculture and migration have caused considerable soil erosion. Christianity Today So if you're going to be allowed anywhere near the grandchildren, you need to knuckle down and learn about the seemingly benign pursuits now known to cause harm. The Sun He remains a seemingly benign autocrat but one that zigzags between a nervous respect for traditional values and nodding towards western ideals of progress. Times, Sunday Times It challenges the seemingly benign interest we have in criminology and forces us to question our morbid fascination with terrible deeds. Times, Sunday Times Translations: Chinese: 和善的 Japanese: 穏やかな
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