INOFFENS'IVE, 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.
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