inoffensiveness

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One of the most prominent thinkers on this issue, journalist Wesley Lowery, has written that some defenders of objectivity are more interested in inoffensiveness and appearance, less so on journalistic rigor.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 25, 2024

It might leave them out in the name of ecumenicism, of inoffensiveness, of being something for as many people as possible — what an uncharitable person might call the lowest common denominator.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 16, 2021

In TV’s ambitious comedies, as well as dramas, the arc of the last 20 years is not from bold risk-taking to spineless inoffensiveness.

From New York Times • Jul. 26, 2021

Their freak-flag-flying zaniness almost looks progressive next to Rogue One, which is almost pedantic in its inoffensiveness.

From Time • Dec. 13, 2016

As the belaying pins in question were iron and twice as heavy as a policeman's club, Eric could not help smiling at the suggestion of inoffensiveness that the captain conveyed.

From The Boy With the U. S. Life-Savers by Rolt-Wheeler, Francis