Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

offenseless

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
of-fense-less
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Unoffending; innocent; inoffensive; harmless.

Etymology

From offense + -less.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

more offenseless (comparative) most offenseless (superlative) offenceless (alternative)

Derived Forms

offenselessly offenselessness

Synonyms

blameless guiltless irreprehensible clean clean-handed clean as a hound's tooth clean as a whistle clear dovelike innocent innocent as the babe unborn innocent as the child unborn

Questions

What does offenseless mean?
Unoffending; innocent; inoffensive; harmless.
Where does offenseless come from?
From offense + -less.

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