 inoffensive |
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| 1. | [ adjective ] causing no harm | |
| Synonyms: | unoffending | |
| Examples: | "an inoffensive animal" |
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| Related terms: | harmless | |
| 2. | [ adjective ] not offensive | |
| Synonyms: | uncontroversial | |
| Examples: | "an inoffensive level" |
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| Related terms: | innocuous | |
| 3. | [ adjective ] giving no offense | |
| Examples: | "a quiet inoffensive man" "a refreshing inoffensive stimulant" |
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| Related terms: | offensive innocuous offensiveness | |
| 4. | [ adjective ] morally respectable or inoffensive | |
| Synonyms: | savory savoury | |
| Examples: | "a past that was scarcely savory" |
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| Related terms: | unsavory | |
| 5. | [ adjective ] not causing anger or annoyance | |
| Synonyms: | unoffending | |
| Examples: | "inoffensive behavior" |
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| Related terms: | offensive offenseless offensiveness | |
| 6. | [ adjective ] of an inoffensive substitute for offensive terminology | |
| Synonyms: | euphemistic | |
| Examples: | "`peepee' is a common euphemistic term" |
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| Related terms: | dysphemistic | |
| Similar spelling: |
inoffensively inventive infinitive |
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