offend
verb (used with object)
to irritate, annoy, or anger; cause resentful displeasure in.
unoffending
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a word derived from
offend.
Example Sentences
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Phooey to dust on a random sea breeze or strewn on a field of unoffending vegetation.
From The New Yorker ● Dec. 16, 2019
The last step came after House members had gone home for the holidays—but left themselves a parliamentary loophole through which to pass unoffending legislation.
From Science Magazine ● Dec. 16, 2016
Jefferson found the post "tranquil and unoffending," assuring him of "philosophical evenings in winter" and "rural days in summer."
From Time Magazine Archive
Henceforth, Queens students will learn pre-Civil War history from the less celebrated but unoffending The Federal Union, by John D. Hicks.
From Time Magazine Archive
Three-fourths of the dwellings were destroyed and a thousand unoffending people were made homeless.
From The Colonization of North America 1492-1783 by Herbert Eugene Bolton
