how to pronounce offending

/əˈfɛndɪŋ/

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offending is pronounced in three syllables

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An example use of offending in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… fear of offending the other person so …”

meanings of offending

verb:

Present participle of offend.

noun:

The act of committing an offence.

adjective:

Responsible; to be blamed.

offending frequency in english - C2 level of CEFR

the word offending occurs in english on average 3.5 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics offending can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that offending can be often used in the following areas:

1) business and work;

2) communication, information, and media;