inoffensive

/ˌˈɪnəˌfɛnsɪv/

Things that are inoffensive are perfectly pleasant — they don't disturb or upset anyone.

Your next door neighbor may annoy you with his late-night drumming sessions and wild parties, while your neighbor on the other side is completely inoffensive, living a quiet life and waving to you each morning in a friendly way. Things that bother, upset, or offend you are offensive, from the Latin root offendere, "to strike against," or "to displease or provoke." When you add the "not" prefix in- to it, you get inoffensive.

Definitions of inoffensive

1. adjective

   giving no offense
   “a quiet inoffensive man”

   “a refreshing inoffensive stimulant”

   synonyms:

   anodyne, innocuous, unobjectionable

   not causing disapproval

   antonyms:

   offensive

   unpleasant or disgusting especially to the senses

   evil

   morally bad or wrong

   hateful

   evoking or deserving hatred

   abhorrent, detestable, obscene, repugnant, repulsive

   offensive to the mind

   charnel, ghastly, sepulchral

   gruesomely indicative of death or the dead

   creepy

   annoying and unpleasant

   disgustful, disgusting, distasteful, foul, loathly, loathsome, repellant, repellent, repelling, revolting, skanky, wicked, yucky

   highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust

   ghoulish, morbid

   suggesting the horror of death and decay

   hideous, horrid, horrific, outrageous

   grossly offensive to decency or morality; causing horror

   objectionable, obnoxious

   causing disapproval or protest

   rank

   very offensive in smell or taste

   scrimy

   dirty and disgusting

   verminous

   of the nature of vermin; very offensive or repulsive

   unpalatable

   not pleasant or acceptable to the taste or mind

   unpleasant

   disagreeable to the senses, to the mind, or feelings
2. adjective

   not causing anger or annoyance
   “inoffensive behavior”

   synonyms: unoffending

   offenceless, offenseless

   incapable of offending or attacking

   antonyms:

   offensive

   causing anger or annoyance

   harmful

   causing or capable of causing harm

   abusive, opprobrious, scurrilous

   expressing offensive reproach

   disrespectful

   exhibiting lack of respect; rude and discourteous
3. adjective

   substituting a mild term for a harsher or distasteful one
   synonyms: euphemistic