Ĭn'of-fĕn'sĭve1, a.
a. [Prefix in, not, and offensive; Fr. inoffensif, Sp. inofensivo, It. inoffensivo.]
- Giving no offense, provocation, uneasiness, or disturbance; as, an inoffensive man; an inoffensive answer; an inoffensive appearance or sight.
- Harmless; doing no injury or mischief.
Thy inoffensive satires never bite. Dryden. 3. Not obstructing; presenting no interruption or hinderance. [Obs.] From hence a passage broad, Smooth, easy, inoffensive, down to hell. Milton.