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inoffensive

adjective

No English definition recorded for this entry.

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Wiktionary

adj

Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in-bor. Middle English in- English in- English offensive English inoffensive From in- + offensive.

  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