unoffensive

Examples

• All

• Her comments were unoffensive, making everyone feel at ease during the discussion.

• So I settled for a gentle and unoffensive compromise that was meant to signal a choice: "You may remain standing for the national anthem."

  Academic text (2016)

• You know, these are very unoffensive spots cheek up here, but they've got to guide you to that place.

• I don't care if they're as offensive as possible or as bland and unoffensive as possible.

  Blog text (32)

• I have an S3 now, and TouchWiz Nature (which is actually unoffensive) and ICS show how far Android has come and how different Android has become from iOS.

  Blog text (12)

• The movie was very unoffensive and suitable for all audiences.

• I appreciated the unoffensive nature of the design, which appealed to a wide range of viewers.

Synonyms

H

harmless

vsunoffensive

231 1.0

Not able to hurt people or things

adds the social side, also not likely to offend anyone

I

innocent

vsunoffensive

134 1.0

Not meant to cause harm or upset

focuses more on being harmless to people and not offensive

I

innocuous

vsunoffensive

30 6.5

Unlikely to hurt or upset people

stresses harmlessness in both safety and social reaction

I

inoffensive

vsunoffensive

5 3.2

Not likely to upset or annoy people

also emphasizes being harmless and not likely to cause physical harm

N

nonthreatening

vsunoffensive

4 3.8

Not likely to make someone feel afraid or unsafe

is wider, covering both lack of threat and lack of offense

U

unthreatening

vsunoffensive

4 3.2

Not causing fear and looking harmless

focuses instead on being harmless and not likely to offend

U

unobjectionable

vsunoffensive

1 5.2

Not likely to upset or offend people

is broader by also highlighting absence of physical harm

N

nonhazardous

vsunoffensive

1 3.0

Not dangerous and unlikely to harm people or the environment

adds that it also avoids causing social offense or upset

U

unoffending

vsunoffensive

4.8

Not making people angry or hurting them

adds the idea of being free from causing physical harm as well

U

unoffendable

vsunoffensive

6.4

Not likely to upset people, for example a comment or design

includes both lack of offense and lack of physical danger

O

offenseless

vsunoffensive

7.9

Not able to hurt or upset someone

also covers being harmless in a physical or general sense

N

nonoffensive

vsunoffensive

3.5

Does not attack or harm and serves only to defend

adds absence of physical risk as well as lack of provocation

U

unprovoking

vsunoffensive

6.6

Not likely to cause a strong reaction

is similar but also covers not causing any physical harm

N

noninjurious

vsunoffensive

3.9

Not likely to hurt people, animals, or things

includes avoiding offense and upsetting people as well as harm

N

nondamaging

vsunoffensive

3.5

Something that does not harm people or things

extends this safety idea to also avoid offending or upsetting people

U

unhazardous

vsunoffensive

3.1

Not likely to cause danger or harm

also expects the thing to be socially inoffensive and harmless

U

undangerous

vsunoffensive

4.1

Safe and not likely to cause harm

adds the social dimension of not offending or upsetting people

N

non-malignant

vsunoffensive

4.1

Not trying to hurt or upset someone

adds that it also avoids causing social offense or upset

N

nonabusive

vsunoffensive

5.1

Without hurtful words or actions toward other people

is broader by also meaning unlikely to offend or annoy people

U

unmalicious

vsunoffensive

7.5

Not wanting to hurt or upset other people

is about both harmlessness and not causing offense

Antonyms

O

offensive

• Offensive

261 4.0

Likely to make people angry or upset

H

harmful

161 2.6

Causing damage to people, animals or things

How Offensive

offensive

• Offensive

261 4.0

objectionable

31 6.7

unoffensive

1 3.7

harmless

231 1.0

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology