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inoffensive

[in-uh-fen-siv]

adjective

  1. causing no harm, trouble, or annoyance.

    a mild, inoffensive man.

    Synonyms: , ,
  2. not objectionable, as to the senses.

    an inoffensive odor.



inoffensive

/ ˌɪəˈɛԲɪ /

adjective

  1. not giving offence; unobjectionable

  2. not unpleasant, poisonous, or harmful

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other Word Forms

  • inoffensively adverb
  • inoffensiveness noun
  • ˌԴǴˈڱԲԱ noun
  • ˌԴǴˈڱԲ adverb
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Word History and Origins

Origin of inoffensive1

First recorded in 1590–1600; in- 3 + offensive
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The party scenes with leggy dancers, meant to be decadent, are inoffensive.

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Maybe they play the most inoffensive radio station they could find while you wait in a seat that looks as though it was borrowed from an airport in the 1990s.

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The main crime the duchess commits in “With Love, Meghan” is creating a middling show that is, at worst, inoffensive.

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The gags were mild and inoffensive, the perfect way to portend the remainder of the show, which felt the same way.

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But she found a way to be lightly cutting and relatively inoffensive.”

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