inoffensive

Example Sentences

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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

We must behave in a manner that is pleasurable and inoffensive to them, in a manner that aligns with the characters on their favorite television show.

From Salon • Jan. 2, 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

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