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Thesaurus: inoffensive

Giving no offense, or provocation; causing no uneasiness, annoyance, or disturbance; as, an inoffensive man, answer, appearance.

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  1. a. Giving no offense, or provocation; causing no uneasiness, annoyance, or disturbance; as, an inoffensive man, answer, appearance.
  2. a. Harmless; doing no injury or mischief.
  3. a. Not obstructing; presenting no interruption bindrance.
  4. adj. not causing anger or annoyance
  5. adj. giving no offense
  6. 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.
  7. j:100 a. not causing anger or annoyance a. giving no offense