Associations to the word «Inoffensive»

Wiktionary

INOFFENSIVE, adjective. Not offensive
INOFFENSIVE, adjective. Harmless

Dictionary definition

INOFFENSIVE, adjective. Not causing anger or annoyance; "inoffensive behavior".
INOFFENSIVE, adjective. Giving no offense; "a quiet inoffensive man"; "a refreshing inoffensive stimulant".
INOFFENSIVE, adjective. Substituting a mild term for a harsher or distasteful one; "`peepee' is a common euphemistic term".

Wise words

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.
Nathaniel Hawthorne