nonabrasive
Americanadjective
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not causing abrasion.
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preventing abrasion.
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The cloth, imprinted with the Apple logo in the corner, is made with “soft, nonabrasive material” to clean the screens of iPhones, iPads and MacBooks “safely and effectively,” according to the product page.
From New York Times • Oct. 29, 2021
Photo by Apple The Apple-branded cloth, made of unspecified nonabrasive materials, will be available to purchase separately.
From The Verge • Oct. 18, 2021
Wrong responses elicited a gentle "no" or some nonabrasive expression of regret, comforting competitors and viewers alike.
From Salon • Jul. 27, 2021
For sure, the visual scheme illustrates canned anecdotes with stock footage and employs luxuriously bland hotel suites as settings for nonabrasive conversation.
From The New Yorker • Nov. 1, 2019
The polished, likable yet skittish Schneider is captivating through all of this, even making the typically awkward business of grabbing volunteers perfectly nonabrasive.
From Washington Post • Apr. 17, 2017
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