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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  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.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. Harmless; doing no injury or mischief. --Dryden.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. Not obstructing; presenting no interruption or hindrance.
        [R.] --Milton.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              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.
        [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  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.
  
     2. Harmless; doing no injury or mischief. --Dryden.
  
     3. 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.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  inoffensive
       adj 1: not causing anger or annoyance; "inoffensive behavior" [syn:
               unoffending] [ant: offensive]
       2: morally respectable or inoffensive; "a past that was
          scarcely savory" [syn: savory, savoury] [ant: unsavory]
       3: giving no offense; "a quiet inoffensive man"; "a refreshing
          inoffensive stimulant" [ant: offensive]
       4: of an inoffensive substitute for offensive terminology;
          "`peepee' is a common euphemistic term" [syn: euphemistic]
          [ant: dysphemistic]
       5: not offensive; "an inoffensive level" [syn: uncontroversial]
       6: causing no harm; "an inoffensive animal" [syn: unoffending]

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  inoffensive
     French a.
     (feminine singular of fr inoffensif)
     Italian a.
     (adj form of it inoffensivo  f p)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  inoffensive
     a.
     not offensive

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  inoffensive
     French a.
     (feminine singular of fr inoffensif)
     Italian a.
     (adj form of it inoffensivo  f p)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  inoffensive
     French a.
     (feminine singular of fr inoffensif)
     Italian a.
     (adj form of it inoffensivo  f p)

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Inoffensive /ɪnəfˈɛnsɪv/
  غير مؤذي

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  inoffensive /ɪnəfˈɛnsɪv/ 
  neškodný

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]


  inoffensive /ɪnəfˈɛnsɪv/
  harmlos, unbedenklich

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-fin ]


  inoffensive /ɪnəfˈɛnsɪv/ 
  1. harmiton
  harmless
  2. hyvää tarkoittava, viaton
  not offensive

From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 : [ freedict:eng-hin ]


  inoffensive /ɪnəfˈɛnsɪv/ 
  1. हानि~न~पहुँचाने~वाला
        "The teacher made an inoffensive remark in the classroom."

From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 : [ freedict:eng-hrv ]


  inoffensive /ɪnəfˈɛnsɪv/
  bezopasan

From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 : [ freedict:eng-hun ]


  inoffensive /ɪnəfˈɛnsɪv/
  1. nem bántó
  2. ártalmatlan
  3. nem kellemetlen

From English-日本語 (にほんご) FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-jpn ]


  inoffensive /ɪnəfˈɛnsɪv/ 
  当たり障りのない, 無難 2.
  harmless
   3.
  not offensive

From English-Dutch FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2 : [ freedict:eng-nld ]


  inoffensive /inəfensiv/
  argeloos

From English-Spanish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3.1 : [ freedict:eng-spa ]


  inoffensive /inəfensiv/
  cándido, ingenuo

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 : [ freedict:eng-tur ]


  inoffensive /ɪnəfˈɛnsɪv/
  1. zararsız, kimseye zarar vermez, dokunmaz, incitmez. inoffensively  zararsızca, incitmeyerek. inoffensiveness  zararsızlık.

From IPA:en_US : [ IPA:en_US ]

/ˌɪnəˈfɛnsɪv/

From IPA:fr : [ IPA:fr ]

/inɔfɑ̃siv/

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 : [ moby-thesaurus ]


  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

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary : [ stardic ]


  a. 无害的,没恶意的,不讨厌的;

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary : [ xdict ]


     a. 无害的,没恶意的,不讨厌的

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