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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

But that also affirms her as a real person as opposed to a flattened personality, one who is inoffensive, a little twee and unbothered about being an amateur with A-list chefs on speed dial.

From Salon • Aug. 27, 2025

Maybe because the words were so startling as they issued from this pale and inoffensive looking little man.

From "The Chocolate War" by Robert Cormier




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