inoffensive

inoffensive
    adj 1: not causing anger or annoyance; "inoffensive behavior"
           [syn: {inoffensive}, {unoffending}] [ant: {offensive}]
    2: giving no offense; "a quiet inoffensive man"; "a refreshing
       inoffensive stimulant" [ant: {offensive}]
    3: substituting a mild term for a harsher or distasteful one;
       "`peepee' is a common euphemistic term" [syn: {euphemistic},
       {inoffensive}] [ant: {dysphemistic}, {offensive}]
    

Inoffensive \In"of*fen"sive\, a. [Pref. in- not + offensiue: cf.
   F. inoffensif.]
   1. Giving no offense, or provocation; causing no uneasiness,
      annoyance, or disturbance; as, an inoffensive man, answer,
      appearance.
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   2. Harmless; doing no injury or mischief. --Dryden.
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   3. Not obstructing; presenting no interruption or hindrance.
      [R.] --Milton.
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            So have I seen a river gently glide
            In a smooth course, and inoffensive tide. --Addison.
      -- {In"of*fen"sive*ly}, adv. -- {In"of*fen"sive*ness}, n.
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31 Moby Thesaurus words for "inoffensive":
      admissible, allowable, benign, condonable, defensible, dispensable,
      excusable, exemptible, expiable, forgivable, harmless, innocent,
      innocuous, justifiable, legitimate, nonmalignant, nonpoisonous,
      nontoxic, nonvirulent, pardonable, reasonable, remissible,
      undamaging, unhurtful, uninjurious, unobjectionable, unobnoxious,
      unoffending, venial, vindicable, warrantable