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Recent Examples of inoffensive Instead, we’re left with Disney’s answer to centrism, a live-action adaptation of one of its most classic films that can be described, at best, as inoffensive. Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 21 Mar. 2025 Canada has always been an inoffensive country, and how is that working out for it? Rich Lowry, National Review, 9 Mar. 2025 On its face, With Love, Meghan is an inoffensive, fairly rote entry in the general category of home-hospitality shows. Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 5 Mar. 2025 Lemmon’s the affable, inoffensive host for the evening. Bill Wyman, Vulture, 28 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for inoffensive
Recent Examples of Synonyms for inoffensive
Adjective
  • The texters have multiple objectives by sending seemingly harmless missives to your phone.
    Kevin Williams, CNBC, 25 Apr. 2025
  • Some plots involved the unruly but harmless Darling family, depicted as hillbillies who seemed alien to even the small-town residents of Mayberry.
    Alice George, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • This can vary from a benign lentigo to a cancerous mole.
    Hannah Yasharoff, USA Today, 28 Apr. 2025
  • The 33-year-old mom praised the staff for being proactive in testing the cyst, which was found to be benign.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Those trials, along with subsequent monitoring, have clearly shown that the COVID vaccines as well as all the other shots on the market are safe and effective, Goodman and others say.
    Rob Stein, NPR, 1 May 2025
  • However, staying safe requires a combination of tools and personal vigilance.
    Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 1 May 2025
Adjective
  • Since 1973, at least 200 innocent people have been exonerated due to wrongful convictions.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Apr. 2025
  • In a nearly 400-page petition to the California Court of Appeals, filed Friday night, the LA Innocence Project argued Scott Peterson is innocent and his conviction should be overturned.
    Santina Leuci, ABC News, 21 Apr. 2025

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“Inoffensive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inoffensive. Accessed 4 May. 2025.

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