inoffensive
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One of them is a title so generic, so blandly inoffensive yet simultaneously indicative of hope, resolve, or insider knowledge as to be, ultimately, unmemorable.
From Slate • Apr. 3, 2026
It’s surrounded by modern apartment buildings, boxy and inoffensive, built to blend in with today’s taste.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 21, 2025
Maybe its blandness is its superpower: adaptable, inoffensive, and always ready to be whatever we want it to be.
From Salon • Jul. 5, 2025
Maybe he really cared about this vision of a diverse, justice-oriented company—but it seemed to me that that was only when he thought it made him look good or inoffensive.
From Slate • Dec. 12, 2024
The quietly inoffensive assertion of a black child’s attempt to communicate with a white adult.
From "The Bluest Eye" by Toni Morrison
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