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Inoffensive meaning

  1. not offensive
  2. harmless

Using Inoffensive

  • The main meaning on this page is: not offensive | harmless
  • Useful related words include: unoffending, offensive, innocuous, harmless.
  • In the example corpus, inoffensive often appears in combinations such as: an inoffensive, inoffensive and, and inoffensive.

Context around Inoffensive

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 24.6 words
  • Position in the sentence: 2 start, 11 middle, 7 end
  • Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations

Corpus analysis for Inoffensive

  • In this selection, "inoffensive" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, completely, playing, mostly, enough, streamlined and large stand out and add context to how "inoffensive" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include applauded and inoffensive is now and a mild inoffensive flavour and. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "inoffensive" sits close to words such as abadi, acidification and acker, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with inoffensive

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

It has a mild, inoffensive flavour and is quick and easy to make. (13 words)

Inoffensive enough… but it was the hashtags attached to Dodd’s post that caught her followers’ attention. (17 words)

It's utter nonsense, but in the right hands, it could've made for an inoffensive potboiler. (17 words)

Even when there are elements that work like Duke’s soft-spoken performance or Shelsinger showing that some other movie is going to use her to much better effect, most of Spenser Confidential just kind of washes over you as inoffensive and unchallenging. (43 words)

The retrograde sexism of is a little quaint, with Tim wishing to have the leisure time of a housewife, and Sally just wishing to leave her home every once in a while, but it's mostly inoffensive fluff. (38 words)

To give a fair critique of the short film at the center of this story, it’s inoffensive from a narrative standpoint, but the intent of this work doesn’t appear to hinge much on the story. (37 words)

Why, then, are people so outraged by the body of a woman they don’t know promoting an inoffensive product they don’t have to buy? (26 words)

Example sentences (20)

Inoffensive enough… but it was the hashtags attached to Dodd’s post that caught her followers’ attention.

Instead of following the trend of most other automakers by making an inoffensive streamlined crossover that most people won't look twice at, Hyundai has thought outside of the box.

To give a fair critique of the short film at the center of this story, it’s inoffensive from a narrative standpoint, but the intent of this work doesn’t appear to hinge much on the story.

Whit Gibbons holds an eastern mud snake, one of the prettiest and most inoffensive large snakes in the Southeast.

As a result, West comes across as trying to be as inoffensive as possible, rather than creating intuitive solutions for students.

It's utter nonsense, but in the right hands, it could've made for an inoffensive potboiler.

Stay conscientious of your surroundings and — before you make it to any Halloween parties — make sure your costume is inoffensive, fun and spooky enough for the Halloween season.

Even when there are elements that work like Duke’s soft-spoken performance or Shelsinger showing that some other movie is going to use her to much better effect, most of Spenser Confidential just kind of washes over you as inoffensive and unchallenging.

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Fanny is completely inoffensive and is of course a girls name (as Willy is a boy's name).

I felt this was superfluous, since the oath of allegiance surely implies all of the above, but it was inoffensive.

In recent years, Communist China has mostly dropped its “,” its effort to persuade other Asian countries that it is an inoffensive and trustworthy—if not beneficent—great power.

The scene ended with Lisa turning to the camera and saying: "Something that started decades ago and was applauded and inoffensive is now politically incorrect.

They argued that it was 'the correct way to phrase that statement' to make it inclusive and inoffensive.

One of the only reasons anyone knows that the exist is because they’ve been playing inoffensive, oft-hilarious football on Thanksgiving Day since 1934.

Recall that Barack Obama always spoke with painstaking clarity, seeking to be considerate and inoffensive, and still triggered outrage from Republicans week after week.

The retrograde sexism of is a little quaint, with Tim wishing to have the leisure time of a housewife, and Sally just wishing to leave her home every once in a while, but it's mostly inoffensive fluff.

The updated “L Word,” it seems, is less concerned with being radical than it is with being inoffensive.

Why, then, are people so outraged by the body of a woman they don’t know promoting an inoffensive product they don’t have to buy?

It has a mild, inoffensive flavour and is quick and easy to make.

Lisa chimed in to say, “Something that started out decades ago and was applauded and inoffensive is now politically incorrect,” before glancing at a portrait of Apu.

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Common combinations with inoffensive

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "inoffensive" in a sentence?
An example: "Inoffensive enough… but it was the hashtags attached to Dodd’s post that caught her followers’ attention." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "inoffensive" from authentic English texts.
What does "inoffensive" mean?
Inoffensive means: not offensive
What are synonyms of "inoffensive"?
Common synonyms of "inoffensive" include: unoffending, offensive, innocuous, harmless, dysphemistic, euphemistic, unobjectionable, unsavory. Plus 5 more synonyms.
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