inoffensive

Example Sentences

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One of them is a title so generic, so blandly inoffensive yet simultaneously indicative of hope, resolve, or insider knowledge as to be, ultimately, unmemorable.

From Slate • Apr. 3, 2026

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

From Slate • Jan. 22, 2026

Maybe they play the most inoffensive radio station they could find while you wait in a seat that looks as though it was borrowed from an airport in the 1990s.

From Los Angeles Times • May 12, 2025

The gags were mild and inoffensive, the perfect way to portend the remainder of the show, which felt the same way.

From Salon • Mar. 3, 2025

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

From "The Chocolate War" by Robert Cormier