inoffensive

English

Etymology

From in- +‎ offensive.

Adjective

inoffensive (comparative more inoffensive, superlative most inoffensive)

not offensive
an inoffensive joke
- 1765, Catherine Jemmat, The Memoirs of Mrs. Catherine Jemmat, Daughter of the Late Admiral Yeo, of Plymouth. Written by Herself, volume I, 2nd edition, London: Printed for the author, at Charing-Cross, OCLC 316667080, page 145:
  [S]he was one of your ſoft ſpoken, canting, whining hypocrites, who with a truly jeſuitical art, could wreſt evil out of the moſt inoffenſive thought, word, look or action; […]
harmless
an inoffensive plant

Derived terms

inoffensively
inoffensiveness
inoffensivism
inoffensivity

Translations

not offensive

Catalan: inofensiu
Chinese:
Mandarin: 觸犯人的, 触犯人的 (bù chùfàn rén de)
Finnish: viaton (fi), hyvää tarkoittava
Italian: inoffensivo (it)

Japanese: 無難な (bunan na), 当たり障りのない (atarisawari no nai)
Maori: māhaki
Portuguese: inofensivo (pt)
Russian: безоби́дный (ru) (bezobídnyj), необи́дный (neobídnyj)
Spanish: inofensivo (es)

harmless

Catalan: inofensiu
Chinese:
Mandarin: 無害的 (zh), 无害的 (zh) (wúhài de)
Finnish: harmiton
French: inoffensif (fr)
Irish: neamhurchóideach
Italian: inoffensivo (it)

Japanese: 無難な (bunan na), 当たり障りのない (atarisawari no nai)
Norman: innoffensif (Jersey)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: harmløs
Portuguese: inofensivo (pt)
Russian: безвре́дный (ru) (bezvrédnyj)
Spanish: inofensivo (es)

French

Adjective

inoffensive

feminine singular of inoffensif

Italian

Adjective

inoffensive

Feminine plural of adjective inoffensivo.

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