English-Thai Dictionary

inoffensive

ADJ ไม่ เป็น ภัย  ไม่ ทำอันตราย  ไม่ รุกราน  ไม่ ทำร้าย คนอื่น  ไม่ น่ารังเกียจ  friendly harmless innocuous offensive mai-pen-pai

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

INOFFENSIVE

a.[in and offensive. ] 1. Giving no offense or provocation; as an inoffensive man; an inoffensive answer.
2. Giving no uneasiness or disturbance; as an inoffensive appearance or sight.
3. Harmless; doing no injury or mischief.
Thy inoffensive satires never bite.
4. Not obstructing; presenting no hinderance.
--From hence a passage broad,
Smooth, easy, inoffensive, down to hell.

 

INOFFENSIVELY

adv. Without giving offense; without harm; in a manner not to offend.

 

INOFFENSIVENESS

n.Harmlessness; the quality of being not offensive either to the senses or to the mind.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

INOFFENSIVE

In "of *fen "sive, a. Etym: [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 bindrance. [R.] Milton. So have Iseen a river gintly glide In a smooth course, and inoffensive tide. Addison. -- In "of *fen "sive *ly, adv. -- In "of *fen "sive *ness, n.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

inoffensive

in of fen sive |ˌinəˈfensiv ˈˌɪnəˈfɛnsɪv | ▶adjective not objectionable or harmful: the water ouzel is an agile, inoffensive creature | inoffensive wallpaper. DERIVATIVES in of fen sive ly adverb, in of fen sive ness noun

 

Oxford Dictionary

inoffensive

in |offen |sive |ɪnəˈfɛnsɪv | ▶adjective not objectionable or harmful: a shy, inoffensive, and sensitive girl. DERIVATIVES inoffensively adverb, inoffensiveness noun

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

inoffensive

inoffensive adjective many people are challenging your contention that these were inoffensive remarks: harmless, innocuous, unobjectionable, unexceptionable; nonviolent, nonaggressive, mild, peaceful, peaceable, gentle; tame, innocent.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

inoffensive

inoffensive adjective the victim was an inoffensive law-abiding citizen: harmless, innocuous, unobjectionable, unexceptionable, unoffending, non-aggressive, non-violent, non-combative; mild, peaceful, peaceable, gentle, tame, innocent; unremarkable.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

inoffensive

in of fen sive /ɪ̀nəfénsɪv /形容詞 〈人 意見が 〉おとなしい, 害のなさそうな ; 悪気のない .～ly 副詞 ～ness 名詞