inoffensive Meaning, Definition & Usage

adjective not causing anger or annoyance
unoffending.
- inoffensive behavior
adjective giving no offense
- a quiet inoffensive man
- a refreshing inoffensive stimulant
adjective substituting a mild term for a harsher or distasteful one
euphemistic.
- `peepee' is a common euphemistic term

Pref. in- not + offensiue: cf. F. inoffensif.

Giving no offense, or provocation; causing no uneasiness, annoyance, or disturbance; as, an inoffensive man, answer, appearance.
Harmless; doing no injury or mischief. Dryden.
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.