Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

non-offensive

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.40 in modern English

Syllables
non-of-fen-sive
IPA
21
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
4
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Not offensive.

Etymology

From non- + offensive.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

Derived Forms

nonoffensively nonoffensiveness

Questions

What does non-offensive mean?
Not offensive.
Where does non-offensive come from?
From non- + offensive.

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