inoffensive
Americanadjective
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causing no harm, trouble, or annoyance.
a mild, inoffensive man.
- Synonyms:
- unoffending, innocuous, harmless
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not objectionable, as to the senses.
an inoffensive odor.
adjective
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not giving offence; unobjectionable
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not unpleasant, poisonous, or harmful
Other Word Forms
- inoffensively adverb
- inoffensiveness noun
Etymology
Origin of inoffensive
Example Sentences
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We must behave in a manner that is pleasurable and inoffensive to them, in a manner that aligns with the characters on their favorite television show.
From Salon
In a victim personal statement, the victim's brother, John Blackwood, said she was the "hub of the family... affable, inoffensive" and had many friends.
From BBC
It’s surrounded by modern apartment buildings, boxy and inoffensive, built to blend in with today’s taste.
From Los Angeles Times
Ron lives and works in Ohio, a place enveloped in a galaxy of beiges and inoffensive cool tones.
From Salon
But that also affirms her as a real person as opposed to a flattened personality, one who is inoffensive, a little twee and unbothered about being an amateur with A-list chefs on speed dial.
From Salon
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