1. Word finder
  2. Word definitions
  3. inoffensiveness

Find the word definition

What is "inoffensiveness"

The Collaborative International Dictionary
Inoffensiveness

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.

  2. Harmless; doing no injury or mischief.
    --Dryden.

  3. Not obstructing; presenting no interruption or hindrance. [R.]
    --Milton.

    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.

Wiktionary
inoffensiveness

n. the state or condition of being inoffensive

Usage examples of "inoffensiveness".

Sensing hostility beneath her neutral expression, Flinx summoned up feelings of inoffensiveness, safety, and goodwill, and strained to project them onto her.

And we export considerable waste, carefully treated into inoffensiveness, as important organic fertilizer-every bit as important to other worlds as the food is to us.

And we export considerable waste, carefully treated into inoffensiveness, as important organic fertilizer, every bit as important to other worlds as the food is to us.