hurtless
Americanadjective
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unhurt; uninjured.
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harmless; innocuous.
Other Word Forms
- hurtlessly adverb
- hurtlessness noun
Etymology
Origin of hurtless
First recorded in 1350–1400, hurtless is from the Middle English word hurtles. See hurt, -less
Example Sentences
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Plate sin with gold, And the strong lance of justice hurtless breaks; Arm, it in rags, a pygmy's straw does pierce it.
From Time Magazine Archive
The world's scornful darts fall hurtless upon the shield of him, armed by parental hand for life's battle with the weapons of idealism.
From Child Versus Parent Some Chapters on the Irrepressible Conflict in the Home by Wise, Stephen
Lady Allonby meanwhile regarded him, as she might have looked at a frog or a hurtless snake.
From Gallantry Dizain des Fetes Galantes by Cabell, James Branch
I became at length so accustomed to their hurtless menaces that I fell to beguiling the way with the invention of monstrosities, never suspecting that I owed each moment of life to the staring moon.
From Lilith, a romance by MacDonald, George
When one is dead, stones strike the soft of one's throat and fall soft away, one is hurtless.
From The Best Short Stories of 1921 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story by O'Brien, Edward J. (Edward Joseph Harrington)
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