inoffensive

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[ UK /ɪnəfˈɛnsɪv/ ]
[ US /ˌɪnəˈfɛnsɪv/ ]
ADJECTIVE
  1. not causing anger or annoyance
    inoffensive behavior
  2. giving no offense
    a quiet inoffensive man
    a refreshing inoffensive stimulant
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How To Use inoffensive In A Sentence

  • I'd rather have a sliver of prosciutto or a wheel of spicy sausage than neutral, inoffensive chicken any day.
  • Despite the lack of extras, the movie is nice-looking, inoffensive fun, and a welcome addition to any DVD library.
  • Docile and inoffensive by nature, the anteater's principal enemies are the puma and the jaguar.
  • He is fondly remembered by his neighbours and friends as a kind, helpful and inoffensive man.
  • All the exquisite, surrounding obscurity was animated by that music, which continued in the distance, in the mystery of the leaves and of the stones, in the depths of all the small, black holes of rocks or walls; it seemed like chivies in miniature, or rather, a sort of frail concert somewhat mocking -- oh! not very mocking, and without any maliciousness -- led timidly by inoffensive gnomes. Ramuntcho
  • It simply exists in an inoffensive and unexciting realm of commonplaceness that makes it incapable of standing out among the pack of infinitely better racers available for any of its chosen platforms.
  • This man, taciturn, clearminded, laborious, inoffensive, zealous for no government and useful to every government, had gradually become an almost indispensable part of the machinery of the state. The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 3
  • A breastfed baby's stools should be frequent, greenish, inoffensively fragrant, loose, and unformed.
  • It seems that being merely nice and inoffensive gets you nowhere on the telly.
  • They come up to gallery requirements by their "pleasantness" or the inoffensiveness of their style. Adventures in the Arts Informal Chapters on Painters, Vaudeville, and Poets
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