offending

3 definitions • 3 examples

unwanted, often because unpleasant and causing problems:

"There's a hair in my soup!" "Well, pass it over here and I'll remove the offending article."

guilty of a crime or wrong action:

The worst offending companies received large fines.

making people upset or angry:

the offending item/material/object The company had removed the offending material from its site when it was discovered.