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

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 caboose of this franchise, a movie about Colton’s celestial experiences was as likely as the big-tent inoffensiveness of its message.

From New York Times • Apr. 15, 2014

Its inoffensiveness, the economy of its mode of collection, together with its ready availability, caused this species of tax to be brought into more and more extensive use.

From The Continental Monthly, Vol. 5, No. 4, April, 1864 by Various