nonobscene

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for nonobscene
Adjective
  • Artists and songwriters could earn a decent living with an album that sold even modestly.
    Roy Trakin, Rolling Stone, 1 Oct. 2025
  • Fallah was productive on a decent Oregon State team, and Coleman was the leading scorer on a last-place Big East team.
    CJ Moore, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Then again, paper straws seemed pretty innocuous, too, until several months ago.
    Rodney Carmichael, NPR, 1 Oct. 2025
  • Typically caused by a sensitive immune system — which confuses innocuous bacteria for harmful pathogens — symptoms include fever, fatigue, abdominal pain, nausea, diarrhea, loss of appetite and weight loss, anemia, skin changes, arthritis and more.
    Vanessa Etienne, PEOPLE, 29 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • This model protects against allergens like pollen and pet dander, smoke, dust, and does it all from a place of covert, inoffensive design.
    Julia Harrison, Architectural Digest, 3 Oct. 2025
  • Soon, though, Shahn began to doubt whether such pleasant, inoffensive paintings sufficed.
    Nicole Rudick, The New York Review of Books, 2 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • That's right—a clean, nonpartisan funding bill.
    Shane Croucher, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Oct. 2025
  • This change limited the state's ability to secure federal funds for energy efficiency projects, address emissions of climate-warming air pollutants at a statewide level, or promote cleaner technologies that don't rely on fossil fuels.
    Joan Meiners, AZCentral.com, 1 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • And then there’s Carrie, who is a heightened version of her lesser traits from SATC: prudish, private and lacking in humility.
    Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 23 July 2025
  • But Townsend Warner’s takedown of prudish Victorian morality is only getting started.
    B. Pietras June 10, Literary Hub, 10 June 2025
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“Nonobscene.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nonobscene. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.

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