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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She described Ruben as "inoffensive" and "a normal bloke", adding that "Jon was definitely the leader, he was in charge" and if the children needed quietening down "he would speak to them like a teacher".
From BBC
Those who are supportive of or indifferent to the Fed’s large-balance-sheet policy argue it’s inevitable and inoffensive—a harmless consequence of changes in the financial plumbing since the 2008 panic.
As the author says of one such reader, “his job is to make literature inoffensive.”
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
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