inoffensive
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She described Ruben as "inoffensive" and "a normal bloke", adding that "Jon was definitely the leader, he was in charge" and if the children needed quietening down "he would speak to them like a teacher".
From BBC • Feb. 7, 2026
This was a hard swerve from Pittman’s inoffensive baseball posting from just a few weeks before.
From Slate • Jan. 22, 2026
Maybe they play the most inoffensive radio station they could find while you wait in a seat that looks as though it was borrowed from an airport in the 1990s.
From Los Angeles Times • May 12, 2025
The main crime the duchess commits in “With Love, Meghan” is creating a middling show that is, at worst, inoffensive.
From Salon • Mar. 5, 2025
By nature inoffensive, friendly, and obliging, his presentation at St. James’s had made him courteous.
From "Pride and Prejudice" by Jane Austen
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