inoffensive
/ɪnəˈfɛnsɪv
/adjective
Not objectionable or harmful: a shy, inoffensive, and sensitive girl...
- He was a quiet, inoffensive gentleman of the old style, who devoted his time to his work and family.
- Still, it is inoffensive and harmless, and even a little bit cute in its own way.
- Here he portrayed his wife, not as mild or inoffensive, but as argumentative and idle.
Synonyms
harmless, innocuous, unobjectionable, unexceptionable, unoffending, non-aggressive, non-violent, non-combative;
mild, peaceful, peaceable, gentle, tame, innocent;
unremarkable
Derivatives
inoffensively
/ adverb ...- They are inoffensively patterned and meticulously maintained, with fluffy robes in the bathroom, DVDs by the TV and home-made biscuits at the bedside.
- I tread cautiously here, firstly because my one posted review, which has no comments as of this writing, is quite weak, if inoffensively so.
- That these inoffensively dull tracks are collected as a Big Statement, something the artist has longed to get off his chest, is a little depressing - and not in a good way.
inoffensiveness
/ noun ...- We can root out every error, every plagiarist, every bias - but it won't do any good if we replace them with a gutless inoffensiveness.
- Too much reliance is placed on the leader's inoffensiveness and past success, too little on leading debate on neglected issues such as the environment and housing.
- His handsome appearance, conservatism, inoffensiveness, and uplifting speaking style earned him the Republican presidential nomination as a compromise candidate in 1920.
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