Excessive
Excessive adjective - Going beyond a normal or acceptable limit in degree or amount.
Offensive and excessive are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Offensive" instead an adjective "Excessive".
Nearby Words: excess, excessively
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Back when Excel Saga first aired in Japan, the censors pulled the 26th and final episode of the series due to its offensive content (pedophilia, excessive bloodshed, and frontal nudity).
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Nor indeed do we intend that viewers should consider them as crabby, ulcerous, little self-seeking vermin with furry legs and an excessive addiction to alcohol and certain explicit sexual practices which some people might find offensive.
Source: Corrupt Politician -
Even so, some viewers find product placement to be more offensive than sex, violence or the Seven Dirty Words, to the point where parental movie review websites often make a point of singling out films with excessive (or, sometimes, simply any) recognizable brands or products.
Source: Product Placement
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