kliːn klin kleːn ɪˈnɒkjuəs ɪˈnɑkjuəs not objectionable the ends are unobjectionable; it's the means that one can't accept (of behavior or especially language) free from objectionable elements; fit for all observers good clean fun a clean joke not causing disapproval it was an innocuous remark confined himself to innocuous generalities unobjectionable behavior