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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Hill seemingly took no offense, posting later that the Colts should have left it up.
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Jayna Bardahl, New York Times, 16 May 2025
The song emerged from a jam session between Wonder and the late British guitar player Jeff Beck, who recorded his own (lesser, no offense) version soon thereafter.
—Jordan Hoffman, EW.com, 13 May 2025
Using runway moments, real-life trends, and celebrity styling, Laia has discussed everything from cargo pants to the WWS (working woman’s shoe, duh) to how to de-grandma your brooch—no offense to grandmas!
—Chelsea Daniel, Vogue, 13 May 2025
Duplass slides easily into his role an ineffectual loser (no offense).
—Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY, 19 Mar. 2025
What were those roles in line with? Nerds, no offense.
—Mikey O'Connell, HollywoodReporter, 20 Apr. 2025
Overall, his jokes were generic, humorous and caused no offense (well, except possibly to Drake).
—Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY, 3 Mar. 2025
The Lakers had virtually no offense outside of Reaves, Davis and James.
—Dylan Hernández, Los Angeles Times, 1 Jan. 2025
But there was no offense from the Texans beyond that.
—Ryan Gaydos, Fox News, 24 Nov. 2024
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Jayna Bardahl, New York Times, 16 May 2025
The song emerged from a jam session between Wonder and the late British guitar player Jeff Beck, who recorded his own (lesser, no offense) version soon thereafter.
—Jordan Hoffman, EW.com, 13 May 2025
Using runway moments, real-life trends, and celebrity styling, Laia has discussed everything from cargo pants to the WWS (working woman’s shoe, duh) to how to de-grandma your brooch—no offense to grandmas!
—Chelsea Daniel, Vogue, 13 May 2025
Duplass slides easily into his role an ineffectual loser (no offense).
—Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY, 19 Mar. 2025
What were those roles in line with? Nerds, no offense.
—Mikey O'Connell, HollywoodReporter, 20 Apr. 2025
Overall, his jokes were generic, humorous and caused no offense (well, except possibly to Drake).
—Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY, 3 Mar. 2025
The Lakers had virtually no offense outside of Reaves, Davis and James.
—Dylan Hernández, Los Angeles Times, 1 Jan. 2025
But there was no offense from the Texans beyond that.
—Ryan Gaydos, Fox News, 24 Nov. 2024
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“No offense.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/no%20offense. Accessed 22 May. 2025.
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