inoffensive
causing no harm, trouble, or annoyance: a mild, inoffensive man.
not objectionable, as to the senses: an inoffensive odor.
Origin of inoffensive
1Other words for inoffensive
Other words from inoffensive
- in·of·fen·sive·ly, adverb
- in·of·fen·sive·ness, noun
Words Nearby inoffensive
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How to use inoffensive in a sentence
He is as submissive as a truck, as inoffensive as a bulldozer, as gentle as a power-driven lawnmower.
Not terrible, not brilliant, not good, but amiable, uneventful, inoffensive.
Yes, ‘Looking’ Is Boring. It’s the Drama Gays Deserve. | Tim Teeman | January 24, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIt was a short, inoffensive video message which simply stated “thanks for the follow!”
Is the word Redskin somehow uniquely inoffensive among racial and ethnic slurs?
The ‘Tennessee Crackers’ Would Have Never Happened | Michael Tomasky | November 30, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTIn other words, most of these women were not bland, inoffensive “sweater gays”; they were RuPaul.
Media Ignores Rash of Assaults on Transgender Women | Jay Michaelson | June 6, 2012 | THE DAILY BEAST
If you want your singers grateful, bland, and forever inoffensive, this is not the show for you.
Their discipline is admirable, but their natural disposition is likewise quiet and inoffensive.
Glances at Europe | Horace GreeleyThe city hell hounds sprang to meet them and the slaughter of inoffensive Europeans began in Darya Gunj.
The Red Year | Louis TracyMargaret laughed outright and her laughter was so inoffensive and so musical that the Chief Inspector laughed also.
Dope | Sax RohmerMr. Bailey was a quiet, inoffensive man, very free with his money to everybody around.
The Doctor of Pimlico | William Le QueuxYou should never venture on the most innocent and inoffensive joke, unless it be with people of culture or intelligence.
The 'Characters' of Jean de La Bruyre | Jean de La Bruyre
British Dictionary definitions for inoffensive
/ (ˌɪnəˈfɛnsɪv) /
not giving offence; unobjectionable
not unpleasant, poisonous, or harmful
Derived forms of inoffensive
- inoffensively, adverb
- inoffensiveness, noun
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