be offensive
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I don’t know if that’s supposed to be offensive or not.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 21, 2026
There was also the news that council districts in Northern England had instructed schoolteachers not to encourage children in classrooms to draw any pictures that might be offensive to Muslims.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 16, 2026
Vaughan denied the charges, insisting that she did not intend to be offensive to her opponent or to challenge their chosen identity, but wanted to understand if the rules were being followed.
From BBC ● May 10, 2025
If a doctor uses “you” incorrectly with a patient, it could be offensive, Wong said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 17, 2024
In the third place, culture will be favoured by all those people who know their own character to be offensive or tiresome, and wish to draw a veil of so-called “good form” over them.
From Thoughts Out of Season (Part II) by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche
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