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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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
Dictionary Results for inoffensive:
1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
inoffensive
    adj 1: not causing anger or annoyance; "inoffensive behavior"
           [syn: 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" [syn: euphemistic,
       inoffensive] [ant: dysphemistic, offensive]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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.
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   2. Harmless; doing no injury or mischief. --Dryden.
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   3. Not obstructing; presenting no interruption or hindrance.
      [R.] --Milton.
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            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.
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