inoffensive
pronunciation
How to pronounce inoffensive in British English:
UK [ˌɪnəˈfensɪv]
How to pronounce inoffensive in American English:
US [ˌɪnəˈfɛnsɪv]
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- Adjective:
- not causing anger or annoyance
- morally respectable or inoffensive
- giving no offense
- of an inoffensive substitute for offensive terminology
- not offensive
- causing no harm
Word Origin
- inoffensive (adj.)
- 1590s, from in- (1) "not, opposite of" + offensive. Related: Inoffensively; inoffensiveness.
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Example
- 1. Indeed he was a lovable inoffensive fellow .
- 2. The joke was pretty inoffensive .
- 3. He wanted to look , he said , for the reality " behind a puff of smoke , behind this simple , apparently inoffensive , action . "
- 4. The chocolate was inoffensive , for m. de villefort felt no effects .
- 5. It manages to pull off the google trick : offering , at no charge , incredible utility and speed to the masses - while still finding inoffensive ways to make money .