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inoffensive

adj

Etymology

From in- + offensive.

  1. derived from offendo — “to offend”
  2. derived from offensif
  3. formed as inoffensive — “in- + offensive”

Definitions

  1. not offensive

    • an inoffensive joke
    • [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; […]

  2. harmless

    • an inoffensive plant

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Derived

inoffensively, inoffensiveness, inoffensivism, inoffensivity

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA