inoffensive
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- 20
- Words With Friends
- 23
- Letters
- 11
Definition of inoffensive
2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
adj
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not offensive
“an inoffensive joke”
“[S]he was one of your ſoft ſpoken, canting, whining hypocrites, who with a truly jeſuitical art, could wreſt evil out of the moſt inoffenſive thought, word, look or action; […]”
“On January 7, 1964, a group of American students at Balboa High School in the Panama Canal Zone set into motion events that soon threatened our relations with Panama and endangered operation of the Panama Canal. It was, on the surface, an inoffensive act: The students raised the American flag in front of the school.”
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adj
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not offensive
“an inoffensive joke”
“[S]he was one of your ſoft ſpoken, canting, whining hypocrites, who with a truly jeſuitical art, could wreſt evil out of the moſt inoffenſive thought, word, look or action; […]”
“On January 7, 1964, a group of American students at Balboa High School in the Panama Canal Zone set into motion events that soon threatened our relations with Panama and endangered operation of the Panama Canal. It was, on the surface, an inoffensive act: The students raised the American flag in front of the school.”
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harmless
“an inoffensive plant”
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From in- + offensive.
Words you can make from inoffensive
155 playable · top: OFFENSIVE (18 pts)
Best play offensive 18 points8-letter words
2 words7-letter words
4 words6-letter words
13 words5-letter words
36 words- VIFFS 14 pts
- FIEFS 11 pts
- FIFES 11 pts
- FIVES 11 pts
- NIFFS 11 pts
- SNIFF 11 pts
- ENVOI 8 pts
- EVENS 8 pts
- FINES 8 pts
- FINIS 8 pts
- FINOS 8 pts
- FOINS 8 pts
- INFOS 8 pts
- IVIES 8 pts
- NEIFS 8 pts
- NEVES 8 pts
- NIEVE 8 pts
- OVENS 8 pts
- OVINE 8 pts
- SEVEN 8 pts
- SIEVE 8 pts
- VEINS 8 pts
- VENIN 8 pts
- VINES 8 pts
- VINOS 8 pts
- EOSIN 5 pts
- INION 5 pts
- INNIE 5 pts
- NENES 5 pts
- NEONS 5 pts
- NINES 5 pts
- NISEI 5 pts
- NOISE 5 pts
- NONES 5 pts
- NONIS 5 pts
- SEINE 5 pts
4-letter words
48 words- VIFF 13 pts
- EFFS 10 pts
- FIEF 10 pts
- FIFE 10 pts
- FIVE 10 pts
- NIFF 10 pts
- OFFS 10 pts
- EVEN 7 pts
- EVES 7 pts
- FEES 7 pts
- FENS 7 pts
- FINE 7 pts
- FINO 7 pts
- FINS 7 pts
- FOES 7 pts
- FOIN 7 pts
- FONS 7 pts
- INFO 7 pts
- NEIF 7 pts
- NEVE 7 pts
- NEVI 7 pts
- OVEN 7 pts
- SEIF 7 pts
- VEES 7 pts
- VEIN 7 pts
- VIES 7 pts
- VINE 7 pts
- VINO 7 pts
- VINS 7 pts
- VISE 7 pts
- VOES 7 pts
- EONS 4 pts
- ESNE 4 pts
- INNS 4 pts
- IONS 4 pts
- NENE 4 pts
- NEON 4 pts
- NINE 4 pts
- NISI 4 pts
- NOES 4 pts
- NONE 4 pts
- NONI 4 pts
- NOSE 4 pts
- ONES 4 pts
- SEEN 4 pts
- SENE 4 pts
- SINE 4 pts
- SONE 4 pts
3-letter words
35 words- EFF 9 pts
- IFF 9 pts
- OFF 9 pts
- EFS 6 pts
- EVE 6 pts
- FEE 6 pts
- FEN 6 pts
- FES 6 pts
- FIE 6 pts
- FIN 6 pts
- FOE 6 pts
- FON 6 pts
- IFS 6 pts
- SEV 6 pts
- VEE 6 pts
- VIE 6 pts
- VIN 6 pts
- VIS 6 pts
- VOE 6 pts
- ENS 3 pts
- EON 3 pts
- INN 3 pts
- INS 3 pts
- ION 3 pts
- NEE 3 pts
- NOS 3 pts
- OES 3 pts
- ONE 3 pts
- ONS 3 pts
- OSE 3 pts
- SEE 3 pts
- SEI 3 pts
- SEN 3 pts
- SIN 3 pts
- SON 3 pts
2-letter words
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