no offense
idiom
—used before a statement to indicate that one does not want to cause a person or group to feel hurt, angry, or upset by what is about to be said
No offense, but I think you are mistaken.
Examples of no offense in a Sentence
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For the first-time general manager, no offense, likely, is taken.
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Justice Delos Santos, The Mercury News, 1 Nov. 2024
Sunday’s game felt like a 2006 flashback — all defense, no offense.
—Brad Biggs, Chicago Tribune, 11 Sep. 2024
The Queen Who Never Was is the first major casualty of the war between the Greens and the Blacks (no offense, Jaehaerys) and her death also marks the start of an interesting/troubling/possibly very premeditated potential dynamic between Aemond and Aegon.
—Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 7 July 2024
Layers of soft sponge cake and Swiss meringue buttercream knock Little Debbie's version out of the park (no offense, Deb).
—Mary Shannon Wells, Southern Living, 14 June 2024
One person who took no offense to the tweet was Ben Shapiro.
—Seth Abramovitch, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Mar. 2024
But beekeepers aren’t medical doctors, no offense to them.
—Brennan Kilbane, Allure, 21 Mar. 2024
No signal-caller is more elusive than Jackson, and Allen might have the strongest arm in the league (no offense, Aaron Rodgers), but Mahomes is the total package.
—Mike Preston, Baltimore Sun, 24 Jan. 2024
Shortly after that song’s release, Pardi dropped his own diss record, which sounded like a third-grader being asked to read their slam poetry in front of the class (no offense to third-graders).
—Vulture, 26 Jan. 2024
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Justice Delos Santos, The Mercury News, 1 Nov. 2024
Sunday’s game felt like a 2006 flashback — all defense, no offense.
—Brad Biggs, Chicago Tribune, 11 Sep. 2024
The Queen Who Never Was is the first major casualty of the war between the Greens and the Blacks (no offense, Jaehaerys) and her death also marks the start of an interesting/troubling/possibly very premeditated potential dynamic between Aemond and Aegon.
—Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 7 July 2024
Layers of soft sponge cake and Swiss meringue buttercream knock Little Debbie's version out of the park (no offense, Deb).
—Mary Shannon Wells, Southern Living, 14 June 2024
One person who took no offense to the tweet was Ben Shapiro.
—Seth Abramovitch, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Mar. 2024
But beekeepers aren’t medical doctors, no offense to them.
—Brennan Kilbane, Allure, 21 Mar. 2024
No signal-caller is more elusive than Jackson, and Allen might have the strongest arm in the league (no offense, Aaron Rodgers), but Mahomes is the total package.
—Mike Preston, Baltimore Sun, 24 Jan. 2024
Shortly after that song’s release, Pardi dropped his own diss record, which sounded like a third-grader being asked to read their slam poetry in front of the class (no offense to third-graders).
—Vulture, 26 Jan. 2024
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“No offense.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/no%20offense. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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