Inoffensive
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Inoffensive is an adjective meaning not offensive.
Meaning
not offensive.
More Meanings
- harmless
Example Sentences
an inoffensive joke
an inoffensive plant
[S]he was one of your ſoft ſpoken, canting, whining hypocrites, who with a truly jeſuitical art, could wreſt evil out of the moſt inoffenſive thought, word, look or action; […]
On January 7, 1964, a group of American students at Balboa High School in the Panama Canal Zone set into motion events that soon threatened our relations with Panama and endangered operation of the Panama Canal. It was, on the surface, an inoffensive act: The students raised the American flag in front of the school.
Synonyms for inoffensive
Depending on context, synonyms include innocuous, harmless, savoury, uncontroversial, unobjectionable, unoffending.
Antonyms for inoffensive
Common opposites include offensive, unsavory, unsavoury, dysphemistic.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include innocuous, harmless, offenseless, uncontroversial, unobjectionable, unoffending.
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