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inoffensive 音标拼音: [ɪnəf'ɛnsɪv] a. 无害的,没恶意的,不讨厌的 无害的,没恶意的,不讨厌的 inoffensive adj 1: not causing anger or annoyance; " inoffensive behavior" [ synonym: { inoffensive}, { unoffending}] [ ant: { offensive}] 2: giving no offense; " a quiet inoffensive man"; " a refreshing inoffensive stimulant" [ ant: { offensive}] 3: substituting a mild term for a harsher or distasteful one; "` peepee' is a common euphemistic term" [ synonym: { euphemistic}, { inoffensive}] [ ant: { dysphemistic}, { offensive}] Inoffensive \ In" of* fen" sive\, a. [ Pref. in- not offensiue: cf. F. inoffensif.] 1. Giving no offense, or provocation; causing no uneasiness, annoyance, or disturbance; as, an inoffensive man, answer, appearance. [ 1913 Webster] 2. Harmless; doing no injury or mischief. -- Dryden. [ 1913 Webster] 3. Not obstructing; presenting no interruption or hindrance. [ R.] -- Milton. [ 1913 Webster] So have I seen a river gently glide In a smooth course, and inoffensive tide. -- Addison. -- { In" of* fen" sive* ly}, adv. -- { In" of* fen" sive* ness}, n. [ 1913 Webster] 31 Moby Thesaurus words for " inoffensive": admissible, allowable, benign, condonable, defensible, dispensable, excusable, exemptible, expiable, forgivable, harmless, innocent, innocuous, justifiable, legitimate, nonmalignant, nonpoisonous, nontoxic, nonvirulent, pardonable, reasonable, remissible, undamaging, unhurtful, uninjurious, unobjectionable, unobnoxious, unoffending, venial, vindicable, warrantable
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