offenseless

C2+ Topic:People & Society

US /əˈfɛnsləs/ UK /əˈfɛnsləs/ See IPA manual

adj

Meanings

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adj
causing no offense; inoffensive and harmless

She chose an offenseless remark to defuse the awkward silence.

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Synonyms

1 adj · causing no offense;... inoffensive harmless innocuous innocent blameless

Opposites

offensive harmful

Word family

Related forms offense offend offensive

Etymology

From offense (from Latin offensa, from offendere, 'to strike against') plus the privative suffix -less.

offensa Latin fendere Latin

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People & Society Word Formation & Derivatives

# offenseless

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** adj
**IPA (US):** əˈfɛnsləs
**IPA (UK):** əˈfɛnsləs

## Meanings
1. causing no offense; inoffensive and harmless

## Examples
- She chose an offenseless remark to defuse the awkward silence.

## Synonyms
- inoffensive
- harmless
- innocuous
- innocent
- blameless

## Antonyms
- offensive
- harmful

## Related Forms
- offense
- offend
- offensive

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: offensa
- Root: fendere

## Etymology
From offense (from Latin offensa, from offendere, 'to strike against') plus the privative suffix -less.

## AI Etymology
Offenseless is from offense (from Latin offensa, from offendere, 'to strike against') plus the privative suffix -less. Important recorded forms include offensa (Latin) and fendere (Latin). The modern sense follows that older lexical line closely. In current use it covers causing no offense; inoffensive and harmless. The wider family includes related words such as offense, offend, and offensive.

## Topics
- People & Society
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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