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Meanings of unoffending in English

Portuguese
inofensivo

Not causing anger or annoyance.

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      inofensivo
      Spanish
      inofensivo

      Not offending.

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            Usage of unoffending in English
            1
            Mr. Shelmardine frowned and switched the unoffending daisies viciously with his cane.
            Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1902 to 1903
            2
            Her own inordinate happiness and fortune had robbed this unoffending young couple.
            Emily Fox-Seton / Being "The Making of a Marchioness" and "The M...
            3
            Was it that I might cheat my unoffending cousin of her rights?
            Mark Twain's Burlesque Autobiography
            4
            Aggression begot aggression, the unoffending negro, the provoking cause, a passive agent.
            Marse Henry (Volume 2) / An Autobiography
            5
            Where, oh where, Blesus, hast thou thrown his unoffending and mangled corpse?
            The Reign of Tiberius, Out of the First Six Annals of Tacitus; /...
            6
            The only mechanical device used by the President is a simple, unoffending golf-club.
            Keeping Fit All the Way / How to Obtain and Maintain Health, Str...
            7
            She was one of the most unoffending little countries in Europe.
            Selected Speeches on British Foreign Policy 1738-1914
            8
            In one instance, an unoffending invalid was wantonly slain in his own house.
            Life of George Washington — Volume 01
            9
            He stamped about the room and kicked unoffending chairs out of the way.
            The Stowmarket Mystery; Or, A Legacy of Hate
            10
            With this succinct advice Jean made a fresh onslaught on the unoffending wardrobe.
            Grace Harlowe's Problem
            11
            Harley groaned again and smote the unoffending window-sill with his hand.
            Before the Dawn: A Story of the Fall of Richmond
            12
            These unoffending lads they selected as the objects of their revenge.
            An Account of the English Colony in New South Wales, Volume 2 / ...
            13
            To the peaceable, unoffending inhabitants it brings neither danger nor difficulty.
            The Loyalists of America and Their Times, Vol. 2 of 2 / From 162...
            14
            With all this, he was a perfect, unoffending gentleman in word and act.
            The Silverado Squatters
            15
            What they can do with one simple, unoffending, white-cloth cricket-hat passes all belief.
            "Over There" with the Australians
            16
            HOMOEOPATHY is an uncalled-for aggression upon an unoffending doctrine and its peaceful advocates.
            Complete Project Gutenberg Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. Works
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            Portuguese
            inofensivo
            Spanish
            inofensivo
            Unoffending through the time
            Unoffending across language varieties
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