Bad
Bad adjective - Not conforming to a high moral standard; morally unacceptable.
Usage example: stealing is just plain bad
Inoffensive is an antonym for bad.
Inoffensive
Inoffensive adjective - Not causing or being capable of causing injury or hurt.
Usage example: an inoffensive little joke at the opening of his speech
Bad is an antonym for inoffensive.
Nearby Word: inoffensively
Both words in one sentence
- One involves an inoffensive young man who has become entangled in events which make him seem worse than he is; Parker Pyne advises him to let his new wife believe that he was bad and that her influence has redeemed him.
- A particularly memorable bad end from Radiant Historia involves the inoffensive White Mage Marco going on an Ax-Crazy rampage and killing the entire rest of the party to get revenge on Stocke for Mimel's death.
- The Necromancer, Mad Scientist or Big Bad tests or demonstrates his latest weapon; not on beer cans or inoffensive paper targets like any decent gun-nut would, but on live human beings!
Source: Tested on Humans
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