Offensive and Wanting

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Offensive adjective - Causing intense displeasure, disgust, or resentment.

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Wanting and offensive are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Wanting" instead an adjective "Offensive".

Nearby Words: offend, offence, offensively

Wanting adjective - Falling short of a standard.

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Offensive and wanting are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Offensive" instead an adjective "Wanting".

Nearby Words: want, wanted

Hasbro, not wanting to be seen as being offensive to anyone, ordered the edit.

Source: Analysis / Friendship Is Magic: Background Ponies
For example, the C Support with Arthur originally had Niles say an innuendo about wanting to "ram something else in him", but the localization is just him teasing Arthur about saying something offensive.

Source: Video Game / Fire Emblem Fates
Many times, the "offense" really isn't offensive at all (reading fairy tales, wanting to join the scouts, playing with puppies, looking like a normal adorable baby)... it's just that, to the Addams' strange beliefs and values, these are actually sickening and wrong.

Source: Felony Misdemeanor

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