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inoffensive

[in-uh-fen-siv] / ˌɪn əˈfɛn sɪv /


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All of a Familiar’s behaviors are intended to be approachable and inoffensive, says Morgan Pope, a Familiar Machines roboticist who spent almost eight years at Disney Research.

From The Wall Street Journal May 4, 2026

She described Ruben as "inoffensive" and "a normal bloke", adding that "Jon was definitely the leader, he was in charge" and if the children needed quietening down "he would speak to them like a teacher".

From BBC Feb. 7, 2026

This was a hard swerve from Pittman’s inoffensive baseball posting from just a few weeks before.

From Slate Jan. 22, 2026

It’s surrounded by modern apartment buildings, boxy and inoffensive, built to blend in with today’s taste.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 21, 2025

Later on, you found out that he wasn’t inoffensive, of course.

From "The Chocolate War" by Robert Cormier




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