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Inoffensive

Inoffensive Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Inoffensive? [adj] of an inoffensive substitute for offensive terminology; "`peepee' is a common euphemistic term" [adj] causing no harm; "an inoffensive animal" [adj] not offensive; "an inoffensive level" [adj] giving no offense; "a quiet inoffensive man"; "a refreshing inoffensive stimulant" [adj] morally respectable or inoffensive; "a past that was scarcely savory" [adj] not causing anger or annoyance; "inoffensive behavior" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Inoffensive: euphemistic \| harmless \| innocuous \| offenceless \| offenseless \| savory \| savoury \| uncontroversial \| unobjectionable \| unoffending Related Terms \| Find terms related to Inoffensive: admissible \| allowable \| benign \| condonable \| defensible \| dispensable \| excusable \| exemptible \| expiable \| forgivable \| harmless \| innocent \| innocuous \| justifiable \| legitimate \| nonmalignant \| nonpoisonous \| nontoxic \| nonvirulent \| pardonable \| reasonable \| remissible \| undamaging \| unhurtful \| uninjurious \| unobjectionable \| unobnoxious \| unoffending \| venial \| vindicable \| warrantable See Also \| Inoffensive In Webster's Dictionary \In"offen"sive\, a. [Pref. in- not + offensiue: cf. F. inoffensif.] 1. Giving no offense, or provocation; causing no uneasiness, annoyance, or disturbance; as, an inoffensive man, answer, appearance. 2. Harmless; doing no injury or mischief. --Dryden. 3. Not obstructing; presenting no interruption bindrance. [R.] --Milton. So have Iseen a river gintly glide In a smooth course, and inoffensive tide. --Addison. -- {In"offen"sively}, adv. -- {In"offen"sive*ness}, n.

Inoffensive Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Inoffensive?

[adj] of an inoffensive substitute for offensive terminology; "`peepee' is a common euphemistic term"
[adj] causing no harm; "an inoffensive animal"
[adj] not offensive; "an inoffensive level"
[adj] giving no offense; "a quiet inoffensive man"; "a refreshing inoffensive stimulant"
[adj] morally respectable or inoffensive; "a past that was scarcely savory"
[adj] not causing anger or annoyance; "inoffensive behavior"

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Inoffensive In Webster's Dictionary

\In"of*fen"sive\, a. [Pref. in- not + offensiue: cf.
F. inoffensif.]
1. Giving no offense, or provocation; causing no uneasiness,
   annoyance, or disturbance; as, an inoffensive man, answer,
   appearance.

2. Harmless; doing no injury or mischief. --Dryden.

3. Not obstructing; presenting no interruption bindrance.
   [R.] --Milton.

         So have Iseen a river gintly glide In a smooth
         course, and inoffensive tide.         --Addison.
   -- {In"of*fen"sive*ly}, adv. -- {In"of*fen"sive*ness}, n.

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