an inoffensive animal, an inoffensive odor or taste, a mild, inoffensive man. “Please try to be quieter” is an inoffensive way of telling people to stop their noise.
SYNONYM(S): innocuous, unobjectionable.Useful english dictionary. 2012.
of|fen´sive|ness — of|fen|sive «uh FEHN sihv», adjective, noun. –adj. 1. giving offense; irritating; annoying; insulting: »“Shut up” is an offensive remark. 2. unpleasant; disagreeable; disgusting: »Bad eggs have an offensive odor … Useful english dictionary
in´of|fen´sive|ly — in|of|fen|sive «IHN uh FEHN sihv», adjective. not offensive; not arousing objections; harmless: »an inoffensive animal, an inoffensive odor or taste, a mild, inoffensive man. “Please try to be quieter” is an inoffensive way of telling people to… … Useful english dictionary
in|of|fen|sive — «IHN uh FEHN sihv», adjective. not offensive; not arousing objections; harmless: »an inoffensive animal, an inoffensive odor or taste, a mild, inoffensive man. “Please try to be quieter” is an inoffensive way of telling people to stop their noise … Useful english dictionary
of|fen´sive|ly — of|fen|sive «uh FEHN sihv», adjective, noun. –adj. 1. giving offense; irritating; annoying; insulting: »“Shut up” is an offensive remark. 2. unpleasant; disagreeable; disgusting: »Bad eggs have an offensive odor … Useful english dictionary
of|fen|sive — «uh FEHN sihv», adjective, noun. –adj. 1. giving offense; irritating; annoying; insulting: »“Shut up” is an offensive remark. 2. unpleasant; disagreeable; disgusting: »Bad eggs have an offensive odor … Useful english dictionary
de|fen´sive|ness — … Useful english dictionary
ness — ness·ber·ry; ness·ler·iza·tion; ness·ler·ize; ness·ler s; new·fan·gled·ness; new·ness; news·i·ness; nice·ness; nig·gard·li·ness; nig·gard·ness; nigh·ness; nip·pi·ness; no·ble·ness; nois·i·ness; non·cha·lant·ness; north·er·li·ness; north·ness;… … English syllables
sive — ab·es·sive; abu·sive; ad·es·sive; ad·he·sive·me·ter; ad·he·sive·ness; ad·mis·sive; ad·ver·sive; ag·gres·sive·ness; Air·bra·sive; al·lu·sive; ap·pre·hen·sive; as·cen·sive; cen·sive; cic·a·tri·sive; co·he·sive; col·lu·sive; com·pas·sive;… … English syllables
fen — af·fen·pin·scher; de·fen·es·tra·tion; de·fen·si·bil·i·ty; de·fen·si·ble; de·fen·sor; de·fen·sor·ship; de·fen·so·ry; dief·fen·bach·ia; ef·fen·di; fen·chene; fen·chol; fen·chone; fen·chyl; fen·der·less; fen·es·tel·la; fen·es·tel·lid;… … English syllables
inoffensiveness — in·of·fen·sive·ness … English syllables
