inoffensiveness

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One of the most prominent thinkers on this issue, journalist Wesley Lowery, has written that some defenders of objectivity are more interested in inoffensiveness and appearance, less so on journalistic rigor.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 25, 2024

It might leave them out in the name of ecumenicism, of inoffensiveness, of being something for as many people as possible — what an uncharitable person might call the lowest common denominator.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 16, 2021

In TV’s ambitious comedies, as well as dramas, the arc of the last 20 years is not from bold risk-taking to spineless inoffensiveness.

From New York Times • Jul. 26, 2021

Their freak-flag-flying zaniness almost looks progressive next to Rogue One, which is almost pedantic in its inoffensiveness.

From Time • Dec. 13, 2016

I hoped we might find some mutual friends who would vouch for my inoffensiveness.

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