inoffensive
adjective
causing no harm, trouble, or annoyance.
inoffensively
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a word derived from
inoffensive.
Example Sentences
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Conflict-Averse Formalism: The second most common type of art in public, these works are most notable for being inoffensively pretty at a time when people can take offense at anything.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 17, 2025
The creeping alien force constantly wrapping its tentacles around the dialogue in “Wrong Way” is the inoffensively postconservative, universalist rhetoric of contemporary business development.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 12, 2023
“Just trying to slowly and hopefully inoffensively upgrade the aesthetic of the town,” Dix said.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 5, 2023
Bonus: When both have proved over time their willingness to put the friendship’s interests above their own sometimes, it’s easier for one of them to say inoffensively, “Whoo, I need a night with adults.”
From Washington Post ● Nov. 25, 2022
When it was dinnertime, Nathan set the plates as inoffensively as possible.
From "Healer of the Water Monster" by Brian Young
