Unoffending

adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Not offending.
Adjective
  1. 1
    not causing anger or annoyance wordnet
  2. 2
    not offending wordnet

Synonyms

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harmlessinnocentinnocuousinoffensiveinoffensive

Example

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"One perched, Celaeno, on a rock, and lo, / thus croaked the dismal seer her prophecy of woe. / "War, too, Laomedon's twice-perjured race! / War do ye bring, our cattle stol'n and slain? / And unoffending Harpies would ye chase / forth from their old, hereditary reign?""

Etymology

From un- + offending.

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