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unoffending

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Adj.1.unoffending - not offendingunoffending - not offending; "an unoffending motorist should not have been stopped"
offending - offending against or breaking a law or rule; "contracts offending against the statute were canceled"
2.unoffending - not causing anger or annoyanceunoffending - not causing anger or annoyance; "inoffensive behavior"
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) "I am of your opinion; (said my Father) it certainly does appear to proceed from some uncommon violence exerted against our unoffending door.
Love and Friendship by Austen, Jane View in context
But though thus unoffending in their policy, they are called upon continually to wage defensive warfare; especially with the Blackfeet; with whom, in the course of their hunting expeditions, they come in frequent collision and have desperate battles.
The Adventures of Captain Bonneville, U.S.A., in the Rocky Mountains and the far West by Irving, Washington View in context
It was just like the East Wind's nature to inflict starvation upon the bodies of unoffending sailors, while he corrupted their simple souls by an exasperation leading to outbursts of profanity as lurid as his blood-red sunrises.
The Mirror of the Sea by Conrad, Joseph View in context
 
 
 
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