Meaning of INOFFENSIVE
| Pronunciation: | | `inu'fensiv
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- [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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| | Synonyms: | | euphemistic, harmless, innocuous, offenceless, offenseless, savory, savoury, uncontroversial, unobjectionable, unoffending |
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| | Antonyms: | | dysphemistic, offensive, unsavory, unsavoury | | |
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| | Definition: | | \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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| | Related Terms: | | 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 |
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