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Definition of unoffending in English: unoffendingadjective ʌnəˈfɛndɪŋ Not causing offence; harmless. Example sentencesExamples - In the tradition of Jazzanova, ‘Brazilian Love Affair’ is an unoffending song for lounging on a couch; but it isn't heavy or deep enough for the dance floor.
- Melvin glared up at the unoffending blue sky with a growl.
- With both hands she shoved the blade back and side-kicked the startled man forcefully, crushing him against an unoffending door.
- Unable to forget a gruesome killing from the past, she dwells on a set of murder site prints each night before bedtime over a glass of bourbon and some unoffending Sheryl Crow.
- With a bitter glare at his scarred right hand, he heaved on the rope and sent the unoffending log scooting another length across the ground.
- Mully's revised sentence was to stand on the gallows for an hour with a rope around his neck, receive 39 lashes, have an unoffending ear cut off and, much less painfully, be banished from Connecticut.
- With the exception of the School Of Rock-inspired opening, the kids in the film (mainly Gertie) are harmless, cute and unoffending.
- Attacks on unoffending furniture, equipment, or surroundings are so commonplace as to be hardly worth mentioning.
- The result was a most deplorable tragedy, by which an estimable and unoffending lady was killed by a rifle bullet.
- Opening the door with somewhat more force than necessary, she collected the other box of busted appliances, slammed that same unoffending door, and made her way back inside.
- After the rehearsal, I caught Gabriel before he left the room, making a point to be extra-polite and unoffending as possible.
- Could it be the fact that on more than one occasion, litter louts (with the emphasis firmly on the louts) have chucked drink cans and the remains of their take-aways over my unoffending garden wall?
- This description of a traffic accident is unoffending.
- Was the world, with all its climates, made in vain for thy helpless, unoffending victim?
Synonyms inoffensive, unobjectionable, unexceptionable, harmless, mild, peaceful, gentle, tame, insipid
Rhymes ending, impending, microlending, uncomprehending, unpretending |